David Skolnik writes: Is it just me, or are the average numbers being discussed (area of 150 - 270 lbs. torque) exceptionally high? : >Bob Hull wrote: >>Thanks for the input. 6.5 mm bit drilled at 1100 >>rpm (following the 1/4") gave me about 170 in. lbs. I'm going >>with that for this block. I was wondering about that too. I don't want anything to do with torque that high. I tuned a Falconwood block this a.m. that I installed in 1984. It had 120 in/lbs when done, it has about 110 now. That is as much torque as I need, and since I have usually spent my life with my rebuilds, I have a keen interest in making them as easy to tune as I can. I love the mid 30's Bosendorfer I tune with about 90 in/lbs. It has been that way for the 30 years I have known it, and it is so nice to tune. Also, I certainly don't need as much torque in the top octave as I do for those single strings on a D. I intentionally make a looser fit in the treble. Regards, Ed Foote (now heading for the country to play some guitar after a week totally swamped with piano work). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100730/1fd101c4/attachment.htm>
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