Yeah, yeah, yeah...your always bragging about your soundboards...;-] David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:26:09 -0500 Subject: Re: Voicing >>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really know the hammers you were >>hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I was talked into >>(only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a Baldwin 6000. Those >>suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So rather >>than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the >>lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them >>once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do >>anything until I'd had them in the piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here, >>or missing vital information? >> >>Alan Barnard >Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs down. I don't think it's >knowing the hammer as much as knowing the hammer in relation to the scaling >and soundboard assembly of the specific piano. >Ron N >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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