[CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers!

[Ed Sutton]

Victor-
Take a look at the "RinkyTink" attachment in the Schaff catalog, p. 23.
This might give the effect you need.
Ed Sutton


> [Original Message]
> From: Victor Belanger <vbela@MIT.EDU>
> To: <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 10/8/2004 7:15:42 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers!
>
> How ironic!
>
> Next week I have to prep a piano for Lou Harrison's Symphony #3, and 
> in the score there are instructions of installing thumb tack in the 
> hammers.
> At first I thought to myself "what kind of piece of s&%t  of a piano 
> can I put on stage" but then I looked at the score and it is somewhat 
> demanding.
> It does not make me happy but, I chose an upright and I will take it 
> as it is and find out what needs to be done after. If I need to 
> change the hammers, then that is what I will need to do; sadly.
>
> Anyone with other kind of experiences with thumbtack that could 
> recommend a few pointers.
>
> Best.
>
> Victor Belanger
> MIT
>
> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
> From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu>
> To: caut <caut@ptg.org>
> Received: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:55:11 -0500
> Subject: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers!
>
> >Well, it finally happened. Every university technician fears
> >that one day the following will happen in their school:
>
> >A recently rebuilt Steinway B was used for a performance of
> >Stravinsky's RAGTIME. The piece calls for cymbalum so, in it's
> >place a piano had thumb tacks pushed into the hammer felt to
> >imitate the sound. This was for a NEW MUSIC performance here
> >at the University of Illinois.
>
> >I wrote a nice email to the performing arts center director
> >where the atrocity was committed and informed them the hammers
> >would need to be replaced at a cost of $400 for the parts.
> >Unfortunately, I failed to mention the 30 or so hours it could
> >take to bore and hang the new set!
>
> >The department directors spoke and the offenders were
> >supposedly "spoken to" about the matter. Personally I'd rather
> >have had the chance to talk to people face to face and ask,
> >"What were you thinking?" There seems to be an attitude of
> >"I'll do anything I darn well feel like doing" among many in
> >our music department. Is that an isolated attitude?
>
>
> >John Minor
> >University of Illinois
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