[CAUT] Hammers

[Keith Roberts]

She pays the tech to drive there I guess. The piano was "rebuilt" with the
old board which was still working. The wood finish job was one of the
prettiest I have seen. Stringing, plate, pinblock, bridge notch work, all
beautiful. I even got a compliment on the hanging job from the tech when he
inspected it inspected it for the owner. All new action parts. Had a dynamic
touch, responsive. Rivaled my mentors work. I would like to be playing it
now. That was nice piano. It's probably in a new or remodeled place. I'm
jealous of that guys job.
Keith


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers


> I hope they have some good environmental control in that house in Donner
> Lake.  That's a rough environment on an old Steinway.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Keith
> Roberts
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:46 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers
>
> Just recently I had the opportunity and pleasure to hang a set of the S&S
> hammers on a 1920's long A. I wasn't impressed with the way they filed. I
> put the small end of the egg shape to it or the 1920's Steinway shape as
> shown to me by my mentor. In his shop we clamped them all (Steinway and
> Ronson Hammers) in a caul and used the belt sander. I had them in a caul
and
> hand filed them before tapering to the original weight. The felt seemed to
> ball up instead of fluffing out. They got ironed once to pretty them up
and
> the sound was perfect. We did nothing else to the hammers. The technician
> (an RPT) who takes care of the pianos for the woman who bought this one
for
> her house on Donner Lake, loved the sound too. Of course the "Long A" is a
> wonderful piano to begin with.
> I thought the felt had a different color to it than the lacquered hammer.
> Brighter white. Maybe they came up with a special juice.
>
> Keith Roberts
>
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> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers
>
>
> > Thanks to all who replied for the excellent info on current production
> > hammers.
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> > On 3/15/06 11:48 AM, "central" <jorge1ml at mail.cmich.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >      Of all the brands of hammers available, which ones do you feel
> offer
> > > the greatest power, sustain, projection, without sacrificing quality,
> for
> > > the upper treble?
> > > -Mike Jorgensen
> > >
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