Wim: I think it has to do with the type of hammer. I did some action work on a Steinway M today that is two years old. I had filed the hammers last August and the grooves are serious now. The Wurzen felt hammers I hung last summer are still looking very good. All these are in practice rooms with the same kind of playing by a variety of heavy hitters. dp __________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt at smu.edu ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Wimblees at aol.com Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 5:10 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Hammer wear, was Re: Re. Flight of Broken Bass String On the same subject as strings breaking while playing, how about excessive wear on hammers? I have noticed that some pianos that had been played "a lot," the hammers didn't seem all that worn out. While on others, I have seen hammers on relatively new instruments (less than 5 years old), with about the same amount of use, that were extremely worn out. With the discussion of the kind of playing that caused strings to break, is the same true for hammer wear? Does different kinds of playing cause hammers to wear out faster than other kinds? I'm not a pianist, so I can't compare playing styles. I do know that some players "attack" the keys, while other seem to play them. Is that the difference? Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 5034 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060327/1613f93e/attachment.bin
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