This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Roger, I will be in the Saskatoon area towards the end of Oct. Would love to = see your shop facilities. Hope to acquire some new ideas for outfitting my "old" shop. Look forward to seeing it..and you. Regards, Bob Moffatt & Sons Piano Service Calgary, Alberta Canada T3E 5G4 (403) 243-0385 moffattr@cadvision.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:49 AM Subject: Re: Basic Action Design/Performance Question >=20 > Hi Terry, > The difference in performance with good Abel hammers and > shanks, correctly tapered and tailed, is like night and day. Then add > correct weight off, and good key fitting, you will then find a nice = feeling > piano. Take it a step further and time the dampers, another = improvement. > Roger=20 >=20 >=20 > At 08:57 AM 9/24/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Is there inherently any difference between improved versions of grand > >actions? I know that a new Bechstein or Walter action may well play = better > >than your average new Samick or Bergman - but isn't a lot of that = inferior > >materials, glues, manufacturing, etc.? Take two divergent actions = from > >similar sized pianos - a Walter and a Bergman. Now give both actions = to the > >Willis & David Snyder shop & David Stanwood. Let them replace any = parts they > >want and optimize all they will. Now I realize the Bergman action = will still > >seem bad when it is placed into the Bergman cavity - but let's just = assume > >that Del Fandrich (or whoever) works all kinds of magic and somehow > >reproduced a Walter-like grand belly within the Bergman frame (ok, = ok, just > >stretching it a bit, but this is an action question - use your = imagination). > >Now you are putting these two actions into similar pianos. Can they = both > >play to a similar potential? > > > >I hope this doesn't sound like too goofy a question. I guess I'm = asking > >whether a Young Chang (or whatever generally viewed lower quality = action) > >can be made to play as well as any good quality action (neglecting = the > >difference in pianos - which I fully realize can dramatically affect = the way > >an action performs)? > > > >Does this make any sense? Perhaps I am asking "besides material = quality, > >design, manufacturing, etc. (and the piano it is installed in), is = there > >anything else (magical?) about an action that makes one superior to = another > >one? > > > >I have heard before - "Well, Mrs. Pianobuyer, that piano is not a > >Steenburger, and it will never play like a Steenburger." Is that = because the > >seller does not know how to do it? Does not think it is worth the = money to > >do it? Or that it can't be done? > > > >Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks for any thoughts. > > > >Terry Farrell > >=20 >=20 >=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d2/71/4b/48/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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