Narrow vs. Stretch

[David Love]

What kind of hammers?

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pillmore" <billpillmore@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: March 20, 2002 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Narrow vs. Stretch


> If there are only a few hammers that don't produce this "Bloom" how do
> you voice them?
> Bill
>
> Jon Page wrote:
> > Bloom in not a product of tuning, it is the production of the tonal
> > spectrum by the
> > hammer. Hammers need to be voiced properly to produce this unfolding of
tone.
> > A dead or poor sounding board will not allow its development.
> >
> > The best I can describe bloom is: Strike a note and allow it to sustain.
If
> > the tone
> > simply decays, there is no bloom. If the sound ethereally lifts and
expands
> > (partials)
> > and wafts through the air as the tone slowly decays then you have bloom.
> > e
>