[CAUT] durability (was funding)

[Porritt, David]

>  Was it on a heavy use piano? 

 

Yes, I've put 4 sets on piano major practice grands and they all have held up very well.

 

dp

 
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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
dporritt at smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Jim Busby
Sent: Tue 10/3/2006 2:07 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)



David,

 

Was it on a heavy use piano? 

 

Thanks

Jim Busby BYU

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:27 AM
To: College and University Technicians
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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