> Duaine, > I'm having trouble imagining how the dampers leaving the surface of the > string with the pedal could contribute to string breakage. Isn't the > damper off the string anyway when the hammer impacts ? > Any explanation of this theory appreciated, > Tom Driscoll Tom, It's not the lifting of the dampers that does it, it's riding the pedal and not allowing them to damp that's the problem. It's a timing thing, When a string is being hit OFTEN and HARD, and isn't damped between blows, the hammer will hit the string that's already at the top of it's excursion, and over stress it for the 214,000th time. This is particularly common in small churches with big names Ron N
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