I don't think anyone has tried to make the argument that light hammers can be made to sound the same as heavy hammers. Proponents of the light hammer idea think they sound better. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 4/30/2003 10:44:30 AM > Subject: Re: Key Leads and Inertia > > > > The discussion about heavy vs light hammers has gone on forever. Over the years > there have been put forward several diifferent reasonings for why light hammers > can be made create the exact same sound as heavier hammers. The only problem is > that they dont. Heavy hammers sound different then light hammers and no amount of > juggling numbers or physics equations is going to change that.
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