Don, Maybe you could enlighten me as to what "The Gasman Cometh" is? Anyway, humidity control is another topic. Certainly not every environment is ideal, and we have to work with that. But I'm curious - have you ever had a set of relatively new Steinway (or any other) hammers become basically impenetrable almost overnight? Maybe it's not related to humidity swings at all, I really don't know. Allen ---------- >From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> >To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> >Subject: RE: Steinway hammers/time >Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 11:08 AM > > Hi, > > This all reminds me of "The Gasman Cometh" by Flanders and Swan. Either > control humidity or put up with changing pitch/tone/touch. Just this summer > a piano in a concert venue here was worked on extensively. At high > humidity. Now it is low already here this fall--so all that "high level" > work is probably "down the tubes". > > At 10:38 AM 10/3/2003 -0500, you wrote: >> >>>I've wondered about this too...someday I need to weigh hammers at 80% RH and >>>compare them to their weight at 20% RH. Heavier hammers dampen more of the >>>higher partials and will give a warmer tone, but I also wonder how much a >>>tight, swelled up soundboard has to do with it. >>>Eric Wolfley >> >>A lot, I'd say, possibly most. You'll notice far fewer problems with false >>beats in high humidity too. >> >>Ron N >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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