Evidence of overlacquered hammers

[Bernhard Stopper]

David wrote:

> Doesn't a Boes also have a thicker soundboard panel due to the fact that
> it has a softer rim than, say, a Steinway?

A soundboard should be as light as possible and as stiff as possible for the
best sound. But it must always have enough static stability.

> Is it the tension of the
> strings or the thicker panel that needs to be driven by the harder
> hammer?

Take a thick soundboard and a very thin scale and a heavy and hard
hammer....
The problem will not be, that the sounboard is not driven enough. The
problem will be, that the string blocks if blown above its linear range.

The hammer should be softer and heavier, not harder on a high tension string
to produce a pleasant overtone spectrum in a range we expect. I corrected
this in my second post.

regards,

Bernhard



harder on a s
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:12 PM
Subject: RE: Evidence of overlacquered hammers


> Doesn't a Boes also have a thicker soundboard panel due to the fact that
> it has a softer rim than, say, a Steinway?  Is it the tension of the
> strings or the thicker panel that needs to be driven by the harder
> hammer?
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Bernhard Stopper
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:50 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers
>
> i wrote:
>
> > A high tension scale (like a Bösendorfer) works better with a heavier
> and
> > denser hammer than a low tension scale like the Steinway.
>
> this should be " ...a heavier and softer hammer..."
>
> sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> Bernhard Stopper
>
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