I'm with you on the staples... David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Victor Belanger <vbela@MIT.EDU> To: <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:19:38 -0400 Subject: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers! >Hi everyone, >Thank you Michelle for the suggestion and the kind note:). >I wish it would be easy but the score is quite demanding and it does >go all over the place. >I would like to thank everyone that suggested different ways to go >around this. Unfortunately this a hard one to educate people on it, >as it is in the score by a fairly reputable composer. There is not >much I can do about that. >The suggestion that Daniel Gurnee gave for staples is interesting >and I think I might give it a try. If it avoids of me putting >anything pointy in the hammers as to ruin them, I am game. >Thanks again, and I will keep you posted. >Best. >Victor Belanger >MIT >>Hey folks- how about this? >> >>For those needing a piano with tacks in it- why not just pop off the >>good hammers on your pianos for those particular notes, and put on >>some crappy ones you got laying around and put the tacks in those?? >> >>Just a thought. >> >>I now it's extra work- but maybe it's better than a raising some >>Lazarus hammers. >> >> >>:) >>Michelle >> >>stranges@oswego.edu >At 11:27 AM -0700 10/8/04, David Ilvedson wrote: >>----- 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 >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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