How do you clamp staple to the hammer? C-clamps? ;-] Is it just the pressure of prongs going down the sides of the hammers? David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Daniel Gurnee <dgurnee@humboldt1.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:35:46 -0700 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers! >Humboldt State University has performed works requiring a Cimbalom type >sound which I provided not with tacks but staples. A light sound can be >obtained using paper straples and a heavies sound with shop staples. The >staples are placed at the crown of the hammer crosswise and clamped to the >sides. The impact on playing keeps the staple in place and does no damage >to the hammer. >Daniel Gurnee, RPT retired from HSU >on 10/8/04 4:15 AM, Victor Belanger at vbela@MIT.EDU wrote: >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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