Evidence of overlacquered hammers

[Bernhard Stopper]

i wrote:

>"The time, the hammer is in contact with the string is the main effect of
how
>many partials and in what weight they will occur."

another important effect on the overtone weighting is the shape (curvature
and width) of the hammer surface.

the contact time itself is affected by the hammer stiffness (complicated
parameters), the hammer mass, hammer damping loss and hammer shape and the
strings stiffness, tension and mass.

regards,

Bernhard Stopper