Very, very effective work can be done at 11:30 and 12:30, but MUCH deeper than you're going. I use an 11mm #6 needle, angling the needle away from the "sacred area." I work the knots out of the shoulders by starting at the end of whatever string cut there is. If the needle encounters resistance, I go to 11:00, or even 10:30, go all the way in, and move up until the needle goes in "like buttah," very smoothly with little resistance, at 11:30 or11:45. Think of the sacred area as a steep triangle, like a steeple, with the tip at the middle of the strike point. You can go deep if you angle the needle 15 or 20 degrees away from parallel with the hammer core, front and back. This technique gives the note a fatter, more audible fundamental, moves it "from the nose to the throat and chest," so to speak. It also removes "clang" from the attack without losing clarity or brilliance. Ya know: "clang." That metallic, nasty attack mode that we all hate, a result of too hard high shoulders. All this is so much easier to show than explain in words. See me in Rochester; I'll be happy to risk some blood for sharing what I know with you guys...let's have a needle party! David Andersen La-la Land > David, you wrote: > > It's about 3 or 4 years old. And yes, the hammers are pretty hard but I > can > get the needle in without too much trouble. I worked about 6 -8 stitches > just > north and south of the strike point, about 11:30 and 12:30, so in the > neighborhood you suggest. My needles went in about 1/16". How deep are > you > suggesting? > > Thanks, > John >>John, > >>You said this was newer...1 year old or so? Personally, I'd go through >> and >check the density in the shoulders. Can you get a needle in at 11:00 >> am and >1:00 pm...;-]??? >>You probably need to consider 30 some stitches on each shoulder...all >> around >never get good tone for any length of time... > >>David Ilvedson, RPT >>Pacifica, California >
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