tapping pins (wapin)

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hello,
    The few Wapinized pianos I have played excelled in both power, sustain, and especially clarity.
-Mike Jorgensen

Tim Coates wrote:

> Richard Brekne wrote:
>
> Wapin as I understand it provides significant increase in sustain with
> some minor loss of what we normally
> associate with power. The power if you will is "spread out" or perhaps
> its better to say that some of it is used to increase the sustain.
>
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>
> Hi Richard,
>
> Actually what keeps showing up in the unscientific and scientific
> studies is there is both an increase in sustain and power.   When I
> first asked Michael Wathen for some of the specifics of Bob Coleman's
> work he said "there's nothing new we don't already know".  I convinced
> him that is important.  Bob has been confirming what he could feel and
> hear:  there is more power and sustain.  Everyone who has been doing
> installations can confirm this by shear experience, no science, no data
> to back them up.
>
> I will be presenting some of the new material Bob Coleman has given us
> this next Friday at the Central West Regional Seminar in Rochester, MN.
> What the material shows is there is no loss of power, an increase of
> sustain, better definition of existing modes, and additional modes that
> weren't present in the non Wapin string.   This is all very complex and
> not for me to figure out why.   Bob hears it and is trying to figure out
> why.
>
> So, what I'm trying to say is I don't believe a Wapin string is robbing
> or spreading out some of the power to increase the sustain.
>
> And thanks for the "cheers" today,  as it was dark and gloomy early in
> the morning.
>
> Tim Coates
> Wapin Co., LLP