[CAUT] Hammer wear

[Porritt, David]

Wim mentioned the other day the difference in hammer wear and wondered
if different pianists playing technique had anything to do with it.  

 

I tried to take pictures to post, but the camera I have here doesn't
have good enough macro functions to really show good detail.  We have 2
M's bought in 2004 that are in practice rooms.  I filed the hammers in
the summer of 2005 because the grooves were deep from a year of hard
use.  Also in the summer of 2005 I hung 5 sets of Ronsen Wurzen hammers
on practice room pianos.  All of these get similar use.  The Wurzen
hammers look like the hammers were installed last week and the NY
Steinway hammers are again fairly seriously grooved.  I can only
attribute that to felt density.  While they are not hard pressed, the
raw felt is just denser than other hammers.  

 

I've become a real believer!

 

dp 

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

Meadows School of the Arts

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX 75275

dporritt at smu.edu <mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> 

 

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