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This report describes the current status of a research project whose aim is to develop a hydrostatic bearing, for rotating machinery, whose dynamic characteristics may be tuned during operation of the machine. The purpose of this is to enable the operator to exercise some control over machine critical speeds and vibrations. A computer program has been written which will predict both the static and dynamic characteristics of a hydrostatic bearing. The program allows for the presence of accumulators linked to the hydrostatic bearing recessess via flow restrictors. Output from the computer program has been used as input data to a second computer program which calculates machine vibration amplitude variation running speed. Theoretical machine characteristics obtained in this way have been used to aid the design of a test rig which will be used to examine the practical performance of the new bearing type being developed.