MH BB Pinblock

[Ron Nossaman]

> That does beg the question: what is the actual effect on the sound.  I 
> tend to agree with Ron, probably none.  But, of course, I’m open to 
> other opinions. 
> 
> David Love


Since there's no remotely connective cause and effect 
relationship that I know of between anchoring the block to the 
rim, and/or the stretcher, and tone production, I'd approach 
it as a non-mystical structural concern. Being a chronic over 
builder, I'd anchor the sucker to what I considered to be 
beyond the Minimal Murphy Factor (MMF), and minimize major 
structural effects from the tone production equation, as much 
as I deemed reasonable on that particular Tuesday. Like 
chicken soup for a cold, it might not help, but it couldn't 
hoit. The point of diminishing returns may well have already 
been met by the original configuration, but the price of 
unnecessarily overbuilding in this case is minimal and, I 
think, justifiable if it doesn't generate other construction 
difficulties. The thing is, that so much of this stuff is a 
judgment call. We don't have a before the fact meter readout 
of how our spot decisions will work out in subjective 
impression of the finished product, so we have to go with what 
we think we know by experience tempered by what we think might 
possibly be, prioritized on a benefit/penalty ratio that we 
can't realistically quantify without having done it. But I 
still think we're way ahead of the 
doitlikewe'vealwaysdoneitandholdyourtonguethusandhope approach 
that has prevailed these many years.

Depending on who you talk to.
Ron N