High(!) touchweight

Vince Mrykalo vince@byu.edu
Wed Sep 16 12:22 MDT 1998


Actually he published the strike weights, which take into account the shank
weight as well.  He has published a "smart chart" that you can get from
Pianotek that has these and other numbers on it.

At 01:15 PM 9/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Newton Hunt wrote:
>
>> David Stanwood has published hammer weights in terms of loud, medium and
>> soft tone with ranges.  These numbers subjects to quadratic equations
>> results in curves.  Plotting samples of your hammer weights will show
>> where they fall on these curves.
>
>Anyone have these numbers?
>
>Ron Torrella, RPT
>Piano Technician
>University of Michigan
>School of Music
>
>
Vince Mrykalo RPT
vince@byu.edu
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