New Sohmer pianos(made by Samick)

[Richard Brekne]

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Its not the downbearing itself that yields any friction across the
bridge surface... its more likley the bridge pins forceing the string
down tight that is in the picture here.

RicB

Cy Shuster wrote:

> Sorry, I have to ask: the hammer *shanks* have a coat of graphite?
> Does this reduce friction with -- I dunno -- the air during
> play?!? I'm still trying to figure out why bridge caps are graphited.
> With 150 lbs. of tension on thin treble wire and just a few degrees of
> downbearing, I can't imagine that an un-graphited wooden cap gives
> much friction to steel during rendering.  But, I haven't done any
> experimentation. --Cy Shuster--Rochester, MN
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Roger Jolly
>      To: Pianotech
>      Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:25 AM
>      Subject: Re: New Sohmer pianos(made by Samick)
>       The graphite has gone from Samick action centres, that I
>      can take some credit for.  However Renner hammer shanks and
>      wips will still have a light coat of graphite.
>
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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html


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