tapping pins (wapin)

[David Skolnik]

At 04:23 PM 04/08/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>     The few Wapinized pianos I have played excelled in both power, 
> sustain, and especially clarity.
>-Mike Jorgensen

But the unrepentant objectivist asks, "Where is the control in the 
experiment? What would these same pianos, rebuilt by the same rebuilder, 
have sounded like with conventional bridge pinning?

David Skolnik


>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.
> >
> > 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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