[CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire

[David Ilvedson]

Actually, not a bad idea.   The best of Pianotech/Caut.   Different subjects, ideas....probably at least 20 pages...

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: "College and 
Received: 9/20/2005 2:31:18 PM
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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