  Although "friction" is included in many models of oscillator damping,
including viscous ones applied to the pendulum; they "miss the mark" with
regard to a conceptual understanding of the mechanisms responsible for energy
loss. The theory of the present paper corrects some of these misunderstandings
by considering the influence of internal friction which derives from the
structural members of the oscillator through secondary rather than primary
creep. The simple model properly describes the variation of Q with frequency.
