New Steinway hammers... was Collodium etc

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: Horace Greeley <hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: New Steinway hammers... was Collodium etc


>
> ....While I am not sure that I totally agree with Ron's position that
voicing
> "becomes mostly unnecessary"; I might agree that that would be the case
> in many, if not most, environments.
>
> In any event, the base point is the important one, "if the soundboard
> works"...pretty well covers the subject.
>
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This has certainly been our experience.  When the soundboard works most of
the hammers offered today are much too dense.  The softer hammers -- Isaacs,
Steinway (as pressed, not chemically treated), etc. -- require very little
voicing.

Del