those pesky swings

[stranges@Oswego.EDU]

Repin brother!!!!- it must be loose in the birdseye too, and now you've 
just gone and made it all apparent. ( Good job!!)

I speak from experience.

(plus it's all good practice.)


:) Michelle
stranges@oswego.edu
--On Monday, December 16, 2002 2:58 PM +0000 Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> We all know that a hammer is supposed to swing 4 - 8 times. If it is less
> than 4, then the bushing is too tight. If it's more than 8, supposedly
> the bushing is not tight around the pin, and that might cause the hammer
> to wobble up to the string, which will eventually lead to uneven wear on
> the hammer, whcih creates tone problems, ya da, ya da.
>
> So here is the problem. I've got this hammer with only 3 swings. So that
> mean the bushing is too tight. Before I take the pin out, ream the
> bushing, and put in the same size pin, I put a little Protec on the
> bushing. But now, all of a sudden, I've got 10 - 12 swings. According to
> the above presumption, the bushing is now not tight around the pin any
> more.
>
> Or is it? Has the introduction of Protec shrunk the bushing to the point
> I need to ream and repin with a larger pin? Or do I leave the original
> pin in there, and allow the 10- 12 swings?
>
> Wim
>