MOI and static balancing

[Richard Brekne]

James Ellis wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> I know it's "doable" - never said it wasn't.  What I said was that static
> balancing ALONE would NOT do it.  You have to plug in the various masses,
> where they are, the lever ratios, where you put the weights, etc, etc.  My
> point that accelerated this merry-go-round of discussion was that reducing
> the MOI of the key ALONE does not buy you very much overall, because that's
> not where the big MOI is in the first palce.  It's out at the hammer head.
> 

Grin... I think we all got that point by now Jim. Tho Marks last
thoughts on the subject are interesting enough.


> In the law bass, with big hammers, the MOI is high.  In the high treble,
> the hammers are light; the MOI is low; and you don't have to put much lead
> in the keys, in many cases, none at all.
> 
> Sincerely, Jim Ellis
> 
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