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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Not!! If anything is will "scruff" away from the line of force, i.e. away from it's axis, IMO. UNLESS there is overstike and then it will toward the axis. This will lead to a tendency of breaking shanks, as well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV>
<DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV>
<DIV>Squares R I</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sjfujan@gmail.com href="mailto:sjfujan@gmail.com">Steve Fujan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 11/24/2006 9:47:46 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Over-Strike vs Under-Strike</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Shifting slightly to the concept of scruffing... The hammer contact will always "scruff" towards the hammer pivot axis (unless the pivot axis could somehow lie in the plane of the string). The closer the pivot axis is to the string, the less "scruffing" will occur. <BR>Steve Fujan <BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/24/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Joseph Garrett</B> <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Upon reading the follow-ups of Jons query, I'd like to wonder which is<BR>which. I've always considered "Over-Strike" as the Downward angle of the<BR>hammer, which would put the hammer Beyond Perpendicular. ??? Am I correct <BR>on that? If so, then, "Under-Strike" would be, where the hammer does not<BR>achieve Perpendicular, on contact?? The "Over-Strike" hammer, (on an<BR>Upright), would "scruff", (for lack of a better word), downward, at impact. <BR>The "Under-Stike" hammer would therefore "scruff" upwards.<BR>Do I have all of this backwards? Confused minds need to know what the<BR>consensus is.<G><BR><BR><BR>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police <BR>Squares R I<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>