>I have a good variety of pinblock scraps lying around my shop. Delignit >pinblock ,,,, >So, curious minds want to know though...... wazzup? Stupid me...posting the request then going away so I couldn't follow up the responses. To answer the last part, Terry, about wazzup here...I'd like to have the pieces to construct sample pinblock/tuning pin arrangements for experimentation. I have some senior undergrad students working on investigating tuning mechanics and it would be good if they have an accurate set up to do their testing. We have the equipment here to generate some interesting data on the tuning process. Pieces of off-cut delignite from a pinblock and other common materials will be set up to take tuning pins and hold a string under tension in a monochord arrangement. I plan to extend the work to cover the overall physical process of tuning, ncluding the biomechanics of the tuner's arm, operating the tuning lever etc. - one of the students would like to continue next year as a grad student and work on that, if I can find some student support funds for them. We're getting lots of funds for our lab to support the equipment side of the equation - latest results (scroll down about halfway): http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/ That federal grant actually expands to $300K worth of equipment dedicated to the piano lab here. Now we really need to boost the grad student support side of things so we can get the bodies in place to do the research. ... Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett, Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 Director, Waterloo Piano Systems Group Associate Member, Piano Technician's Guild E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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