Checks cause hammer bounce ?

Kent Swafford kswafford at gmail.com
Fri Mar 16 08:41:37 MST 2007


I'm not finding the Journal article right off. Anyone got the date?

Kent



On Mar 15, 2007, at 11:45 PM, William R. Monroe wrote:

>   I'd have to look up Ron O's article, but I assume this indicator  
> would work well enough.
>
> Best,
> William R. Monroe
>
> SNIP
>
>
>> Hi Jon
>
>> ... which gets transfered to the only thing stopping  the key from  
>> moving with that force... namely the balance rail. Yet the balance  
>> rail is stiff and bedding screws are good.
>>
>> I suppose the re-bound flex of the key being played thus could  
>> send some force back up the whippen cushion.... but would the fact  
>> that the check holds against the rebound flex in the key be enough  
>> to stress the whippen rail enough to cause more then just a little  
>> bounce ?
>>
>> Grin... I just love these head scratchers.  I'm going to try  
>> coupling the hammer rail to the left off rail as per your  
>> instructions.... I'll let you know if that helps.
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts... keep em comming.
>>
>> Cheers
>> RicB
>>
>>
>>    Could it be the whippen rail flexing?
>>    --
>>    Regards,
>>
>>    Jon Page
>>
>>
>
>



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