<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Alan said: "<FONT size=+0>Many times, plucking the string with a fingernail makes it easier to hear</FONT> <DIV><FONT size=+0>than striking it with the hammer."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Be aware, however, that plucking will produce a different AND  lower pitch than with being  struck by  a  hammer. (If'n ya don't believe that.....do it and measure it with an ETD.)</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>