Fw: Upright Hammer Selection

[Erwinpiano]

Terry

   You are right about too much weight effecting tone/repetition in
uprights. By now you know I'll suggest Ronsen hammers but whatever you use
it is good practice to taper the hammers as on a grand if to heavy (and most
are) When I started weighing upright hammers and comparing old to new hmmr
weights, wow was I shocked. Lots of extra weight to remove and it really
improves the tone.

Dale Erwin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 6:36 AM
Subject: Upright Hammer Selection


> Does anyone have new hammer recommendations (what's your favorite flavor?)
> for turn-of-the-century 54" Steinway & Mason & Hamlin? I am also concerned
> about hammer weight. I understand its effect on tone and touchweight on
the
> grand, but on the vertical it would seem that hammer weight would affect
> tone in a similar way, but touchweight would be different - I should think
> it would have a greater effect on inertia and less an effect on down and
up
> weights. How does all this shake out? Thanks again for input.
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> Terry Farrell
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