Pinning on new flanges

[Avery Todd]

Thanks, Horace. :-)

Avery

At 08:58 PM 8/24/04, you wrote:
>Avery,
>
>At 06:44 PM 8/24/2004, you wrote:
>>Wasn't it Rick Baldassin who said that more power could be had with a
>>pinning in the 4-5 g. range?
>
>Yes; and, he was quoting what has been pretty well established as being a 
>reliable, overall standard.
>
>Best.
>
>Horace
>
>
>
>>Avery
>>
>>>    As to "power",  we "Jolly" well know that there is a loss of power and
>>>tone when the hammer flange is too loose, so I suggest that power will 
>>>suffer
>>>with looser pinning, (up to a point). The tighter pinning is of major 
>>>effect on
>>>softer playing, since under a very hard blow, the felt in the bushing is
>>>distorted enough so that only one side of the bushing is really in firm 
>>>contact,(on
>>>a hammer flange, it is the upper part of the bushing that is taking the 
>>>load).
>>>  When the bushing is thus distorted, its friction from the circular
>>>compression that we see in static testing is greatly reduced.
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Ed Foote RPT
>>>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>>>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>>>
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