Hi Andrew, It's not the carpet--but rather the concrete under the carpet. The legs do vibrate and energy is lost unless there is something that will "reflect" the vibrations back up the leg. At 01:39 PM 5/9/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >>"uncouple" it from the floor and let the whole thing resonate. The reason, >>then, that a spider compromises the sound isn't that the leg is off the >>floor, but that the leg is stuck in the spider leg plate and can't move. >> >>I don't know of any research directed at this issue, but it makes sense to >>me. >> >>For what it's worth, >>Ken Z. >I suspect that a spider soaks up energy even more than thin hotel >carpet. By wedging up the cantilevered leg cups you take a lot of >elasticity out of the equation. Legs sit freely in the spider cups, >I doubt they vibrate less, just have more soaked up by the elastic steel. > >Andrew Anderson > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/334 - Release Date: 5/8/2006 > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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