At 20:17 -0500 18/1/09, KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote: >>In a message dated 1/8/2009 2:12:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >>JD at Pianomaker.co.uk writes: >> >>What may be right for a Steinway flange is not going to be right >>for a Schwander flange, with or without washer. A Steinway flange >>has its centre of gravity about 12 mm from the centre and weighs >>about 3.05 grams, whereas a Schwander flange with washer has the >>COG 20 mm from the centre and weighs 5.20 grams. >When you mention the flange's center of gravity as for example the >Steinway one (above),Êis that 12mm measurementÊtaken from side to >center of flange, or from it's side to the center of the flange >screw hole, or from the front to theÊcenter of flange or from >flange;s rear to center?ÊPlease expound/clarify. When I say "12 mm from the centre" I am talking of the hammer centre -- the fulcrum, the pivot, the axis. JD
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