Hey Alan, Is that a hint, or a challenge?? In fact, I may do just that. (Must be one of those left brain thingees.) Question, how do you do the google search which will isolate Del's posts? I'm sure someone told me how, but I forgot. Cheers, Jim -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan McCoy Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:31 PM To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire Boy, here's a case for someone sifting through those archives, editing it judiciously and and putting on the CAUT site. Anyone up to the task? I'd love to read it! Alan -- Alan McCoy, RPT Eastern Washington University amccoy@mail.ewu.edu 509-359-4627 > From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:12:51 -0500 > To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire > > : >> Ron, >> >> Thanks for the feedback. We are doing a new scale throughout. Juan is >> doing that for me. The soundboard is going to be replaced. >> >> Juan, as with many Europeans, seems to have very definite ideas about >> friction, procedures, etc. I just take some of these with a grain of >> salt, but I will try everything. Like polishing all friction points with >> crocus cloth. (It didn't seem to do much.) >> >> Ron, you are far beyond most of us in this area. I've shown the photos >> of the "Nossaman D" to many technicians and to most of them it is like >> Voodoo to redesign such things. I know you are close to Del and have >> learned much from him and others over many years, but what do you >> suggest as far as starting places to learn about bridge design, etc.? >> Are there any written materials that you know of? Of course, I know this >> type of "skill" can't be acquired by "book learnin', but there must be >> something that one could study to better understand the theories. Any >> advice? >> >> Thanks again, >> Jim Busby > > Hi Jim, > Pretty much all the information, secrets included, are in the > Pianotech archives. Del started the whole thing, outlining basic > principals of soundboard impedance, and it went from there. There's > at least five books worth, scattered through the years since the > inception of the list. Read and process the informational stuff > first, and save the argumentative and counterproductive stuff for > after you understand the basics and can put it into perspective. > Then get into the molecules if you feel the need after hearing the > results. There's no short path. You have to burn a lot of time, a > pile of brain cells, and more than a little cash to make sense of > it. It's not Voodoo, but it does cost sweat and blood. The biggest > hurdle is getting over the idea that one can throw in a "feature" at > random and make a predictable difference. Everything works together, > and everything affects everything else. > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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