[CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire

[Alan McCoy]

Jim,

That's one of the questions. Who were the major participants in the thread
and over what time period are a couple other questions?

Ron,

By editing I didn't mean inserting one's own biases in the conversation, but
rather cutting and pasting original parts of the thread into a less
disjointed whole. And of course I do have the same access as everyone else,
and as soon as I get caught up, six weeks from now, I may just do it. Unless
Jim beats me to it.

Alan

-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:29:57 -0600
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: RE: [CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire
> 
> 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
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