Steinway hammers/time

[Don]

Hi,

This all reminds me of "The Gasman Cometh" by Flanders and Swan. Either
control humidity or put up with changing pitch/tone/touch. Just this summer
a piano in a concert venue here was worked on extensively. At high
humidity. Now it is low already here this fall--so all that "high level"
work is probably "down the tubes".

At 10:38 AM 10/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>I've wondered about this too...someday I need to weigh hammers at 80% RH and
>>compare them to their weight at 20% RH.  Heavier hammers dampen more of the
>>higher partials and will give a warmer tone, but I also wonder how much a
>>tight, swelled up soundboard has to do with it.
>>Eric Wolfley
>
>A lot, I'd say, possibly most. You'll notice far fewer problems with false 
>beats in high humidity too.
>
>Ron N
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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