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Reclaimed, Recycled and Scavenged Musical instruments and Noise makers.

10.1.14

The sweet spot tool.

I have 2 commissions coming to a close in the next few weeks, but in the meantime I'd like to share with you this tool I created.
Now the maths and physics behind surface resonance and bridge placement in instruments is complicated. Especially if your instruments are a bit special, like mine. That's why I came up with this simple tool for finding the sweet spot!

It's simply a piano tuning pin (which I can sell you!) and a little bolt for an anchor. It works thusly: