When Charcloth shipped her to me he loosened the head & strings to protect it in shipping. He told me exactly how much he had loosened it, but in retightening I have found that some of the nuts are looser than others.

Les is the second person to have told me to tighten until I get the tone I want or until it pops. Well, it seems to me that by this method you would have to sacrifice a head to find out what the snapping point is.

I have a neighbour who is a mechanic. I'm sure I could borrow a torque wrench from him. Does anyone know what they should be torqued to to be as taught as possible? The head is a clear Five Star.

The other question that I have is how often should the head be changed? How does one know that it needs changing?

I know that Rick said he'll look it over for me, but I would like to have it as well set up as possible before taking it to him.