>This may be such a basic question, but I have not heard it answered before. >Regarding timing sustain, are we doing this in a very quiet room and timing >until no trace of sound is heard - it seems to me the cut-off time might >tend to be a bit arbitrary. What general guidelines do you follow? > >Terry Farrell Yep, it's arbitrary. And I check with the dampers down in all cases. I notice that sustain is often tested with the dampers down before teardown, and up after stringing, demonstrating the difference rebuilding made. Ron N
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