[CAUT] durability (was funding)

[Porritt, David]

In voicing work I am a true heretic.  I don't pay attention to the
shoulder except to dope it if needed.  Beyond that I treat the striking
surface almost exclusively.  So to answer your question, no I don't have
any voicing difficulties as they fit my voicing style perfectly.  I'm
teaching a class on voicing at the TSA convention Ron N. just wrote
about and I'm hoping not to get in too bad a trouble there.

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
David Ilvedson
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:04 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)

 

I would be interested if you have noticed any voicing difficulties with
the Ronsen Wurzen?   It seems to me I get little change with shoulder
work and have to very near the crown...comments?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044



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Original message
From: "Porritt, David" 
To: "College and University Technicians" 
Received: 10/3/2006 10:27:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)

For the past 2 years I've been hanging only Ronsen Wurzen felt hammers
and I've been surprised and pleased at the longevity.  At the end of a
year they didn't even appear grooved.  Pulling the action and looking
closer you could see string marks but not what you'd call grooves.  That
felt is just so dense that it holds up.  The next 3 or 4 years will tell
the story but so far so very-good.

 

dave

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jeff Tanner
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:42 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)

 

 

On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Rick Florence wrote:

 

 I think our Piano

faculty are close to what your Chair does - hammers last about 4 years.
Our

performance major practice rooms make it 2-3 years.  We've tried a
number of

different hammers, but the results are not much difference.  We are in
the

middle of hanging a set of the new Abel Hammers (Bio felt?).  We'll see
how

they do.

 

 

I want to know when you guys have time to change hammers every 2, 3, 4
years....

 

Our concert instruments are serviced twice a week and touched up before
each

performance.  I suspect our program may a little busier than yours,
however,

which necessitates the extra service.  Last year we had over 600 events.

 

 

...and get all these tunings done in 40 hours a week.

 

Back to work...

 

duh...?

 

 

Rick

 

We're having a rebuilding meeting with the dean and piano faculty in the
morning.  We've had virtually no budget funding beyond my salary, and
I'm taking every bit of this thread to the meeting with me.

Jeff

 

Jeff Tanner, RPT

University of South Carolina

 

 

 

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