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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on February 1, 2016 at 12:43pm

Cool! Hmmm,,,,, that gives me an idea. I'll get work and see if the idea works.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 2, 2016 at 5:25pm

Darn it, I just glued a box closed...

Now where to find some thin spring steel...

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Permalink Reply by gary herget on February 4, 2016 at 3:37am

If you have an old leaf rake the tines might just do the trick.

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Permalink Reply by David Clark on February 4, 2016 at 5:05am

I love this idea. Visions of using a bit of those old "curb feelers" that I used to see on cars sprang to mind.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Benneyworth on February 4, 2016 at 7:19am

Check the roads for street sweeper tines, find them all the time around here. they are good spring steel, work great for kalimbas too. A lot thinner than rake tines.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on February 4, 2016 at 9:28am

Wonder if strips of old large gauge wound(low E) guitar strings would work?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on April 10, 2016 at 9:51am

This doesn't work.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on April 10, 2016 at 1:50pm

Thanks for the update!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on February 9, 2016 at 5:35am

https://youtu.be/TJehKrhYyBE

Here's what I was thinking about trying. I think it just might work!

I'll post it on the main page soon.

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Permalink Reply by CJWilky on February 25, 2016 at 7:49am

Hi, whilst restoring an old Windsor zither banjo recently I came across this showing an astounding array of springs, well worth a look.

http://brightonbanjos.com/windsor-zither-banjo-repair/

I'm currently starting out on my first build and got suckered into going for a 3 or 4 string oil can version, piezo driven, and wonder if some coiled springage inside might be worth checking out on my second try.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on February 25, 2016 at 8:34am

Springs will work for a natural reverb effect, but I think they give a different effect than the metal strips will. Like a slower speed warble effect similar to a WahWah pedal while the springs give a higher speed reverb style echo.

At least this is my thinking on it. I could be wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Michael (Slowpoke) Herschel on October 4, 2016 at 6:19am

I gave a close listen to the demo from another posting on this and could easily tell that springs made a way noticeable change in the dynamics. I will be starting my first project this year and would ask: should the spring(s) be so mounted as to have an open end and the (attached to the frame end) at the bottom of the sound board? I'm thinking I want to try this.

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