Was Re: answer to mystery noise

[Farrell]

"On spinet pianos (or any really) that sound like a tin can,I have lightly scuffed up the hammer felt (on the final pass),and the piano tone, and tuning, sound a million times better...."

Gee, I'm not sure that would help on many of the pianos I see. If you rough up the outer portion (string side) of the hammer felt, doesn't that interfere with the ability of the strings to get down to the bottom of the grooves?   ;-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HazenBannister@cs.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:05 AM
Subject: Was Re: answer to mystery noise 


> In a message dated 03/27/2002 11:46:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> Wimblees@AOL.COM writes:
> 
> 
> > I am not sure what I did to the knuckles when I filed them. But when I did, 
> > it stopped the noise all together. I guess it took enough roughness, and 
> > maybe a little corrosion, off the leather, to stop the squeak. 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Wim,list,
>   This made me think of filing hammers.On spinet pianos (or any really) that 
> sound like a tin can,I have lightly scuffed up the hammer felt (on the final 
> pass),and the piano tone, and tuning, sound a million times better,as some of 
> the unwanted overtones are quieted down.Also it's easier to get really clean 
> unisons,listening quietly.Unfortunately,it's a temporary thing,but the 
> customers really like it.It's good to ask first,but you can usally tell who 
> would want the brassy sound or not by talking to them.
> A friend of mine turned me on to a product called dragon skin,which workes 
> great for this, also great for reshaping hammers.
> Hazen Bannister
>