Wasn't it Rick Baldassin who said that more power could be had with a pinning in the 4-5 g. range? Avery > As to "power", we "Jolly" well know that there is a loss of power and >tone when the hammer flange is too loose, so I suggest that power will suffer >with looser pinning, (up to a point). The tighter pinning is of major >effect on >softer playing, since under a very hard blow, the felt in the bushing is >distorted enough so that only one side of the bushing is really in firm >contact,(on >a hammer flange, it is the upper part of the bushing that is taking the >load). > When the bushing is thus distorted, its friction from the circular >compression that we see in static testing is greatly reduced. >Regards, > >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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