WHere's Waldo (was Big hammers)

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 07:49 9/1/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Speaking for myself, I looked at the picture and noted the coloring and
>shape and size of the hammers, admired the hammer line, saw with a frown the
>jack was not nicely positioned under the knuckle, noted that the flash had a
>reflection on many but not all the drop screws, admired the jack's
>regulating button, and went on; then read Ric's comment, went BACK to the
>picture, studied those pixels of the knuckle core, thought "Omigod, Ric
>analyzed the action geometry," noted that the knuckle core seemed to have an
>angle in it as if it had been broken?
>
>Where's Waldo is a good analogy. We should analyze photos more - a form of
>puzzler.
>
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>jason kanter . piano tuning/regulation/repair


It's not just with pictures.

Call it non-destructive testing, looking before you leap, triage, 
is-this-a-recoverable-change, or is this _really_ the problem. Analyzing 
always helps.

When I've taught tuning, I've tried to make the student tell me _before 
they touch the pin_ which direction they should go to correct the 
temperament or interval.

I joked about my do-it-yourselfer customer gluing the jack to the 
hammerbutt to correct a wobbly hammer, but I think we've all come across 
repairs which made us ponder, "what _were_ they thinking?". [or, What! Were 
they thinking??]

Careful and knowledgable analysis would have prevented a LOT of creative 
"repairs".

Using your brain does NOT wear it out!
«mine may be an exception...»




Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
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