<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have a hammer swinging 4 to 7 = times and it has side play you have a birdseye problem...not the = bushing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianorye@yahoo.com href="mailto:pianorye@yahoo.com">Ryan = Sowers</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 25, = 2004 12:34 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pinning on new = flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P align=left><FONT size=3>Richard,</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>"The hammers with less friction = will spend a slightly less amount <BR>of time on the string. The more = tightly pinned ones will stay on a <EM><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40">microsecond </FONT></EM>longer = dampening out the highest partials."</STRONG><BR></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=3>O.k. you nailed me on this one : ) I = have to admit I didn't intend my "microsecond" in any sort of scientific way. What I = should have said is "The more tightly pinned ones will stay on the = string a <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"><STRONG><EM>tiny fraction of = a second longer. <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Thanks for calling = me on my sloppy semantics! : )</FONT></EM></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=3>And no, this is not based on any = scientific measurements but on my own intellectual model of what's happening. = Obviously a hammer that has 1/4 swing will stay on the string longer = than one that swings 20 times. Agreed?</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT size=3>Lastly, we all have seen hammers that = swing 4-7 times that have excessive side play. So we should not be dependant on = swings to gauge bushing firmness. sliding a staight edge back and forth under = the shanks quickly shows the flanges with excessive side play. </FONT></P></DIV><BR><BR>Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound = Chapter<BR>Pianova Piano Service<BR>Olympia, WA <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=26640/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/g= oldrush">Enter now</A>.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>