longitude wave voicing

[David C. Stanwood]

Chris,

Hammer Weight is certainly part of the voicing mix.  It might be 
informative to put on a shank clip and see what increasing the Strike 
Weight does...  and you could see what a lighter hammer weight does 
by switching out a shank from a higher octave and have a listen. 
Also it could be useful to know what the Strike Weight in that area 
is for reference.

David Stanwood

>Hello List,
>
>Just renewed the list last month and been reading... I'm considering 
>a voicing issue in the octave above middle C that sounds like 
>harmonic longitude wave coupling.  It is a shimmery sound about 4 
>octaves above the fundamental and it "appears" shortly after attack 
>and decays along with the rest of the sound.  I can barely hear it 
>but it is driving the owner nuts (very sensitive and somewhat 
>obsessive......).  The hammers are ready for shaping but the trial 
>hammer that I changed didn't seem to change the problem sound.  A 
>bit  of voicing seemed to reveal the problem even a bit more.
>
>Does this sound to anyone like a problem consistent with a 
>longitudinal wave scaling/voicing issue?  Any other ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Chris Glattly RPT
>cglattly at rochester.rr.com