<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/9/2003 3:04:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, A440A@ao= l.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hmm,  there is more to be explored here t= han I have time to, but there are <BR>some divergent ideas in my mind about = how pinnng affects tone.  I don't totally <BR>accept that it is wobble = in the hammer during its approach to the string, nor <BR>loss of contact bet= ween knuckle and jack.  <BR>   I think it is wobble during co= ntact, caused by the restorative forces of <BR>the displaced string impartin= g some energy back to the hammer/shank structure.  <BR>I think the pinn= ing is responsible for supplying a degree of impedance to the <BR>hammer and= shank.  Without this "anchoring mechanism", the shank absorbs the <BR>= transient shock of contact and by its unfettered vibration, causes a short <= BR>interference between the hammer and string.  Perhaps the shank goes = into a <BR>momentary random oscillation during contact which causes the tone= to suffer, I <BR>dunno.  I do know that pinning up from 1 gram to 5 ma= kes a clear difference in <BR>tone.   </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4><STRONG>Ed</STR= ONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4><STRONG> &= nbsp; This makes good sense to me. What does a teflon bushing do when it get= s just slightly loose? Click,Click, Click......</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY>= </HTML>