Fwd: Hammer recommendations?

[Avery Todd]

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List,

Just received this. Wow! A post of mine that's over 6 yrs. old.
 From the old BYU days. You never know who's looking (reading),
do 'ya? :-)

Avery

>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:07:20 -0400
>From: Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org>
>Subject: Hammer recommendations?
>To: atodd@UH.EDU
>Reply-to: Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org>
>X-Priority: 3
>
>Dear Mr. Todd,
>
>I read the quoted post of yours to pianotech with regard to hammer 
>recommendations for a grand piano in a "hard" room.  It is of 
>particular interest because I am about to replace the hammers on my 
>1933 Wissner concert grand (clone of an S&S D, with many parts from 
>the S&S factory), located in my very "hard" living room. 
>
>Your post is rather old, and I don't know how 5+ years of change in 
>production standards might affect these recommendations, but I would 
>really appreciate your advice.  Specifically:
>
>(1) Which is better in this rankings list -- a higher number or a 
>lower one?  (I presume higher)
>(2) How might these manufacturers' standards have changed with time?
>(3) Did you eventually try the Isaac hammers, and if so, how did you 
>like them?
>(4) Do I presume correctly that the preferred hammers for a "hard" 
>room are harder/brighter, owing to the muddiness of the acoustics?
>(5) Do you have any comments with regard to the long-term stability 
>of these hammers?
>
>I greatly appreciate your time and consideration -- and if you have 
>no free time to answer this email, I understand that too.
>
>Peace,
>Sarah Fox, Ph.D.
>
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>  > Date:          Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:05:07 -0600 (MDT)
>>  From:          <mailto:ATodd@UH.EDU>ATodd@UH.EDU (Avery Todd)
>>  Subject:       Hammer recommendations
>>  To:            Multiple recipients of list 
>><<mailto:pianotech@byu.edu>pianotech@byu.edu>
>>  Reply-to:      <mailto:pianotech@byu.edu>pianotech@byu.edu
>
>>  List,
>>     Here is a summation of the recommendations for new hammers I received
>>  for a Marshall & Wendell grand in a "hard" room (no carpet, etc.). 
>>I just> thought the results were interesting:
>>
>>  Isaac - 4
>>  Abel (economy) 2
>>  Renner Blue - 1
>>  Ronson - 2 (& a third one if I wanted to voice them up)
>>  Imadegawa - 1
>>  Ronson, Shaff or Steinway - 1
>>
>>  I have never used Isaac before so, I think I will go ahead and try 
>>them > on the strength of these recommendations. I've used all the 
>>others at one
>>  time or another (except Ronson) so I am at least familiar with them.
>>     Thanks for all of the input.
>>
>>  _____________________________________
>>  Avery Todd, RPT
>>  Moores School of Music
>>  University of Houston
>>  Houston, TX 77204-4893
>>  713-743-3226
>>  <mailto:atodd@uh.edu>atodd@uh.edu
>>  _____________________________________

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