On Feb 19, 2010, at 11:00 AM, caut-request at ptg.org wrote: > Send CAUT mailing list submissions to > caut at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/caut > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > caut-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > caut-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CAUT digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hammer-Lac (Fred Sturm) > > From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> > Date: February 19, 2010 10:46:43 AM PST > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammer-Lac > Reply-To: caut at ptg.org > > You are right. I had a Steinway set in 2005 that showed that the felt DID wander. It made it more difficult visually to aline the hammers properly, and they looked strange. Not a great experience. Randy Chastain > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Mark Dierauf wrote: > >> BTW, one of the reasons that they like pre-lacquering in the factory is that it results in less cupping at the crown when the hammers are subsequently sliced apart. > > > Also much more even cutting, as in ending up with hammers more closely equal in width. The knife goes through lacquer reinforced felt more positively than the less dense felt, where it could (and did) tend to wander a bit from side to side. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that the felt wanders(ed) under the knife. That was the explanation I was given for the change, and it makes a lot of sense, based on my experience in cutting various felts. WIth a denser felt, this is less of an issue. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CAUT mailing list > CAUT at ptg.org > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/caut -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100220/7dba3940/attachment.htm>
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