While I'm quite sure we'll never know for sure without taking some kind
of impossible observational data comparing stabbing and pressing as to
which tears and which spreads fibres... my gut feeling goes the opposite
of Freds. I would think the slow movement of pressing would allow some
fibres to be pushed off to one side or the other rather then cut, where
as the quick stabbing would just move too fast for this to happen.
Further, pressing allows one to either re-enter an already open channel
to either spread further or to move in deeper. I find this latter to be
of tremendous value when the power of the lower shoulders (what André
refers to as the battery of the hammer) is used up. Going in to the tip
of the core at about 11:30 very slowly with one needle releases an often
untouched source of extra power, that very compact area right around the
core itself. I have the sense that this also loosens up a hammer that
has been used over many years as well.... that after many years of use
not just the surface area gets compressed but the entire depth of the
hammer gets further packed. The resulting sound is one that lacks body,
depth.... going in deep at the core one needle slowly at a time can
yield a wide open beautiful sound with increased power as well... much
like opening up the lower shoulders in new hammers does.
Cheers
RicB
Fred,
Remember Wally's class where he said an electron microscope showed
that the very tip of a needle is about 30 times the size of a wool
fiber diameter? This means simply that felt is cut whether you stab
or push. Mute point either way. Is that right?
Jim
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