Wim - pinning?

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In a message dated 12/12/03 1:55:18 PM Central Standard Time, 
jim_busby@byu.edu writes:
Wim,

I'm still interested in knowing how the pinning, seating, and hammer
mating were on that S&S. (the new one) Maybe I missed it, but did you
ever find out why it seemed "dead" or whatever they complained of? I'm
interested to know if it was like those we received here and after
repinning and other misc. "concert prepping" they came alive. The
repinning especially made a big difference.

Don and Ed also mentioned that it needed to be "played in" and I must
admit that we have a fine piano major from Japan that played the heck
out of our B to the tune of about 8 hr.s per day for nearly two weeks!
I'm sure that was a big factor. 

Let me know if that's what you found too, or if you think it was a
mental thing on the artist's part. I still have 6 more to prep.

Thanks,
Jim Busby BYU
Jim  et all

I have not done anything, yet. The majority of posts I got recommended that 
the piano gets played. However, when I met with the piano faculty last Tuesday, 
they didn't like the idea of graduate students playing the piano. So we're 
going to move the piano to the studio of one of the piano faculty, where he will 
play it for a couple of months. After I get back from vacation, I am going 
take the action and check pinning, lube it, etc.. Then let this guy play it, and 
see what the results are. 

The main problem, I think, is that there is not enough brilliance in the 
hammers, which is what these concert artists like. That is the sound they get from 
the older piano. It has a lot of "presence." In discussion the problem with 
the piano faculty, one of them said she thought the piano was too harsh. But 
when I said to get rid of that sound, I would need to voice the hammers down, we 
all recognized that that would be opposite of what were trying to achieve. 

I'll let everyone know the results in a couple of months. I know that doesn't 
help you now, but if you can get your pianos played by students, I think 
you're on the right track.

Wim 

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