[CAUT] durability (was funding)

[Rick.Florence at asu.edu]

We've been using the Ronsen Hammers, first Bacon felt, now Wurzen.  The Wurzen
felt is a huge improvement in both tone and what also seems to be longevity. 
I'm interested in how the Abel bio felt compares.  That's part of the fun of
this job, we get to experiment on someone else's dollar.

Rick

Quoting "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>:

> 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.
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> dave
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> David M. Porritt
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> 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)
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> On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Rick Florence wrote:
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>  I think our Piano
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> faculty are close to what your Chair does - hammers last about 4
> years.
> Our
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> performance major practice rooms make it 2-3 years.  We've tried a
> number of
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> different hammers, but the results are not much difference.  We are in
> the
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> middle of hanging a set of the new Abel Hammers (Bio felt?).  We'll
> see
> how
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> they do.
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> I want to know when you guys have time to change hammers every 2, 3, 4
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> Our concert instruments are serviced twice a week and touched up
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> performance.  I suspect our program may a little busier than yours,
> however,
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> which necessitates the extra service.  Last year we had over 600
> events.
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> ...and get all these tunings done in 40 hours a week.
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> Back to work...
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> duh...?
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> Rick
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> We're having a rebuilding meeting with the dean and piano faculty in
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> 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.
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> Jeff
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> Jeff Tanner, RPT
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> University of South Carolina
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Rick Florence
Piano Technician
Arizona State University, School of Music