Paul, Do what you can for the pianos, but also encourage the department to perform some acoustic treatment to the rooms. A little of the right materials can go a long way toward attenuating what is probably beyond a safe dB level. Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Cc: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:04 PM Subject: [pianotech] Hamilton hammers All, WE have a number of Baldwin Hamilton's c.1968 that live in very small, very loud practice rooms. A small $$ windfall is going to allow me to re-hammer some of these. When new, the hammers were rock hard and defied even the most heroic voicing attempts, so I want to make sure that I install something moderately soft to start with this time. Again, the rooms are small, with block wall construction, tile floors, etc. Suggestions welcome. Paul E. Dempsey, RPT Piano Technician Sr. Marshall University Huntington, WV 304-696-5418 304-617-1149
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