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..Wood Tone... Page for Useful Tools...
..Rawhide Mallet commercially available ... buy one or two as this is the only supplier I know about.... several sizes available.
Click here to go to their website...
 Garland Premium 4oz Natural Rawhide Mallet Hammer #36-11001
 $16.50
..Before using you need to hammer on the two ends of the leather roll with a heavy hammer to loosen up the binding so you get the proper response...I used a framing hammer, with the other side of the mallet on a steel plate... strike hard about 10 times on each end. When the tap on a sample wood block sound the same as the tap of the first knuckle of your middle finger, it is ready to use!
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..The Poor Man's Wood Tone Identifier Tool:
..The First Knuckle of the middle finger gives the same response as a leather mallet. (compare to the above tool to verify for your self)...
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..For Tap Tone; Second Knuckle...
...The first knuckle is all you really need to identify Wood Tone match or not...
However, if you have much wood to sort, the knuckle can get rather tender. Also, if you are picking out larger wood blocks from a large collection of possible pieces, the rawhide mallet is an important adjunct.
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 198 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 213 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 242 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 162 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 176 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
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..Click here to hear (30) seconds of 287 HZ Wood Tone Recording..
..Used to tune the following Violin Parts:
>String Bar of the Tail Piece
>Bridge; Chin Rest; End Pin; Nut; Back Plate; Ribs; Saddle; Sound Holes; Sound Post; Tuning Pegs; Neck Scroll; Tail Piece; Tail Gut.
>Bass Bar; Fingerboard; Neck; Top Plate.
8/2017
Video entitled: The three tones of wood: Rub; Tap and Wood
(the complete guide to instrument wood selection... Part One.
Video entitled: The three tones of wood: Rub; Tap and Wood
(the complete guide to instrument wood selection... Part Two.
8/2017