Tacks in hammers

[Robin Blankenship]

David,

Would push pins work? Or, would the plastic fall apart after fifty years and
have to be replaced??

Robin


----- Original Message -----
From: David Ilvedson, RPT <ilvey@jps.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Tacks in hammers


> Clyde,
>
> This is an old trick that brightens the tone while voicing the hammers and
> the same time.   Where have you been?   ;-}
>
> David I.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Friday, November 24, 2000 7:22 PM
> Subject: Tacks in hammers
>
>
> >Bud,
> >
> >Doesn't it ruin the hammers to put tacks in them?  Or was the value of
the
> piano
> >low enough that it didn't really matter?
> >
> >Regards, Clyde
> >
> >Bud Schwab wrote:
> >
> >> Hi gang,
> >>
> >> When I was tuning for MGM in the 60's and 70's we would put small tacks
> in
> >> the hammers to produce the honky tonk sound.  I believe we used those
> >> little tacks that you use to install bridle straps.  I would put three
> side
> >> by side in the trichords and two in the bichords.  It gave quite a good
> >> sound.  Can't tell you any more what movies they were all used in but
> there
> >> quite a few and never had any complaints.  I learned that trick from
the
> >> previous MGM tuner.
> >>
> >> Bud
> >>
> >> >In reply to Ed Foote's comments about tuning one string of the
trichord
> a
> >> >bit high, I have also offered a "special effects tuning", which is a
> >> >honky tonk sound. But my idea was to tune one of the trichords DOWN
> >> >slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, so I haven't
actually
> >> >done it.
> >> >
> >> >Have any others tried this? How did you do it? Did it work well? Did
you
> >> >retune the piano afterwards to normal?
> >> >
> >> >Wally Scherer
> >> >Palm Beach County, Florida
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