She pays the tech to drive there I guess. The piano was "rebuilt" with the old board which was still working. The wood finish job was one of the prettiest I have seen. Stringing, plate, pinblock, bridge notch work, all beautiful. I even got a compliment on the hanging job from the tech when he inspected it inspected it for the owner. All new action parts. Had a dynamic touch, responsive. Rivaled my mentors work. I would like to be playing it now. That was nice piano. It's probably in a new or remodeled place. I'm jealous of that guys job. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers > I hope they have some good environmental control in that house in Donner > Lake. That's a rough environment on an old Steinway. > > David Love > davidlovepianos at comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Keith > Roberts > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:46 PM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers > > Just recently I had the opportunity and pleasure to hang a set of the S&S > hammers on a 1920's long A. I wasn't impressed with the way they filed. I > put the small end of the egg shape to it or the 1920's Steinway shape as > shown to me by my mentor. In his shop we clamped them all (Steinway and > Ronson Hammers) in a caul and used the belt sander. I had them in a caul and > hand filed them before tapering to the original weight. The felt seemed to > ball up instead of fluffing out. They got ironed once to pretty them up and > the sound was perfect. We did nothing else to the hammers. The technician > (an RPT) who takes care of the pianos for the woman who bought this one for > her house on Donner Lake, loved the sound too. Of course the "Long A" is a > wonderful piano to begin with. > I thought the felt had a different color to it than the lacquered hammer. > Brighter white. Maybe they came up with a special juice. > > Keith Roberts > > > > > > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammers > > > > Thanks to all who replied for the excellent info on current production > > hammers. > > -Mike > > > > > > On 3/15/06 11:48 AM, "central" <jorge1ml at mail.cmich.edu> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > Of all the brands of hammers available, which ones do you feel > offer > > > the greatest power, sustain, projection, without sacrificing quality, > for > > > the upper treble? > > > -Mike Jorgensen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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