[CAUT] Hammer wear

[Leslie Bartlett]

Wouldn't the fact the Steinway hammers have been juiced in some manner
contribute to grooving?  It seems to me that rather than "bounce back", the
rigidity of the Steinway hammers would encourage any gooves to remain in the
hammers.  This is just a guess from one who actually knows virtually
nothing.
les bartlett

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Porritt, David
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:16 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] Hammer wear



Wim mentioned the other day the difference in hammer wear and wondered if
different pianists playing technique had anything to do with it.  

 

I tried to take pictures to post, but the camera I have here doesn’t have
good enough macro functions to really show good detail.  We have 2 M’s
bought in 2004 that are in practice rooms.  I filed the hammers in the
summer of 2005 because the grooves were deep from a year of hard use.  Also
in the summer of 2005 I hung 5 sets of Ronsen Wurzen hammers on practice
room pianos.  All of these get similar use.  The Wurzen hammers look like
the hammers were installed last week and the NY Steinway hammers are again
fairly seriously grooved.  I can only attribute that to felt density.  While
they are not hard pressed, the raw felt is just denser than other hammers.  

 

I’ve become a real believer!

 

dp 

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

Meadows School of the Arts

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX 75275

HYPERLINK "mailto:dporritt at smu.edu"dporritt at smu.edu

 


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