Pinning and Tone

[Richard Brekne]

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Its Richard Wests point, but I believe he refers to less power on
repeated blows. Not sure tho. Richard ??

Cheers
RicB

Alan McCoy wrote:

>  Hi,Pardon my density, but why does higher checking reduce power? If
> the hammer tail doesn't drag on the way up (and it shouldn't), I can't
> see how higher checking reduces power. Checking, after all, occurs
> after the hammer has hit the string.I must be missing something
> here.Alan McCoy
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On
>      Behalf Of Richard Brekne
>      Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:22 AM
>      To: College and University Technicians
>      Subject: Re: Pinning and Tone
>
>      Jim, I dont think Richard mentioned that higher checking was
>      a detriment to repetion speed. It was lower drop = slower
>      rep speed, and higher check = less power.
>
>      Cheers
>      RicB
>
>      Jim Busby wrote:
>
>     > Richard,
>     >
>     > This is exactly what started this thread, and after my
>     > visit with Eric
>     > Schandall and repinning to 4 grams with higher checking
>     > things are
>     > working wonderfully. Fred said 1-3 grams, but Eric told me
>     > "No less than
>     > 2, no more than 4". Also, they are making the tails a bit
>     > longer and
>     > want higher checking. It doesn't hurt repetition. It helps
>     > it. The key
>     > seems to be to pay careful attention to the rep spring
>     > strength. No
>     > bouncing, jerking, etc. but a firm rise w/o a jump.
>     >
>     > Jim Busby BYU
>     >
>     > -----
>     > Richard West wrote ::
>     > .... But setting the drop low works against good
>     > repetition and setting the checking high reduces power.
>     > Both are more
>     > difficult to set and, I think, less reliable over the long
>     > run.
>     >
>
>      --
>      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
>
>
--
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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