----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 30, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Grand Regulation Compromises > At 8:50 AM -0800 11/30/01, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > >I'm sorry, did I say anything about a 48 mm hammer blow? Most U.S. > >manufacturers were recommending a hammer blow of 45 mm in the 1960s and > >1970s. > > Not in Europe I think. Steinway's 47 mm may have influenced some but > 48 was common certainly at the beginning of the century. We have > very few American pianos here and probably none at all from the 60's > and 70's. What are we missing? > > JD > >From the 60s and 70s? Nothing. From current production? Perhaps the Walter and the new M&H. I've heard reports.... Del
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