>So we know it can work sometimes. Maybe the pin moved down, dragging the >string along. Maybe the shock of the tap overcame friction of the abraded >and notched pin, to allow the string to return to its more neutral >position. We don't know which of the numerous scenarios we have recently >discussed is active in this piano. No, we don't know EXACTLY and COMPLETELY what is happening in any situation - ever. >Ron has, at various times, seemed to accept tapping as a solution, and at >other times, not. No, I haven't, regardless of what you appear to feel I seem to have implied that I might have meant. Tapping is not a solution, and I have never said it was. I have also never said that it wasn't a possible short term improvement of a tonal problem. What I have repeatedly said is that it doesn't fix the problem. It just masks the symptoms. What I have been apparently miserably unsuccessful in attempting to describe is what I think is really happening, based on my understanding of physics, observable evidence, and logic. I have tried to present it in as straightforward and unambiguous a manner as I can, in as much detail as I have worked out to my satisfaction, and in connection with as many other surrounding and extenuating factors as I can connect. That's the best I can do. >My continued discomfort with these kinds of questions (or observations) >and answers (or explanations) is that both are too general to allow the >relevant subtleties to be appreciated, or retained. > >David Skolnik Then you're just going to have to find yourself an expert that can answer your questions. I've given you what I have. Ron N
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