Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > The first and most compelling reason for not fitting an assist spring > > to the hammer is that the hammer travels through a much larger arc of > > rotation than the wippen, which would cause any assistance given to > > reduce more dramatically as the hammer rotates around its centre. > > Not to mention the fact that you really want the hammer/hammershank > assembly to bounce away from the string fairly rapidly. You don't want some > spring holding the thing up there. > > Del > Hmm.. I guess that dramatic reduction in effectivity as the hammer rises is not enough to keep it from impeding the hammers rebound off the strings.... GRIN, yas gots to jus love it dont ya ? That being said.... probably all in all not a good idea. Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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