This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:00 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers snip... ...Yet here, somehow Renner/Ronsen Wurzens and in general tensioned hammers are equated with possessing special characteristics that can cause soundboard distortions... That's not what I said. ...As for recommending a tech on what hammers to use... seems really more a twofold question. On the one hand you have what the technician is already familiar with with regards to voicing techniques. Not neccessarilly the best idea to reccommend a tech use a set of hammers said tech has no idea how to treat. On the other hand you have the more general question relating to what hammers you yourself could successfully use on the same piano-- why you choose them and how you treat them. Two different sides of the same <<question>> really. Using a hammer because of comfort level may not always be the best criteria for selection. All this said... I cant say I see any reason to subscribe to the idea that tensioned hammers will cause a soundboard to distort when laquered hammers wont... That's not what I said. A soundboard simply has to function as it is meant too with in reasonable parameters... if its so screwed up that a hammer needs to be so soft and light as to avoid driving it into some or another form of distortion, then it seems to me the soundboard should be fixed first. Of course it should, but if it can't be or the customer doesn't want to, then a lighter softer hammer may somewhat lessen the distortion or harsh characteristics of a failed soundboard. But then thats the great thing about dissagreement Constructive disagreement, yes. Pissing contests are a waste of time. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/81/f3/22/a6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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