[CAUT] Weights vs Riblets in an S&S D

[Andrew Anderson]

Doug,
I did some plucking with my fingernail and noted that the fuzzy, 
unresolved tone persisted.

Andrew Anderson

At 02:39 PM 8/3/2007, you wrote:
>Have you tried a heavy guitar pick on these notes? If you can get 
>more with the pick than with the hammers, then the hammers probably 
>need work or replacement (and much work). IMHO, the results 
>available with the NY Steinway hammers are more colorful than 
>anything else, but you must  know how to develop and control 
>tone--it's different from any other hammers I work on, and quite 
>demanding on a D (like everything else on a D!). If you are more 
>familiar with other hammers, the Hamburg hammer might work better 
>for you, as the voicing methods are more like the other hammers' methods.
>
>Doug Wood
>
>
>On Jul 29, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Andrew Anderson wrote:
>
>>Listmembers,
>>Some questions in response to the journal article; practical application.
>>
>>I service an S&S D where we are really unsatisfied with the mid to 
>>upper treble killer octaves.  I describe the sound a fuzzy.  The 
>>upper partials clash and do not settle into a clear ringing 
>>tone.  The high treble is fine.  This is the kind of sound you get 
>>from cheap chinese grands when you try to play them 
>>loud--distortion.  Problem is it happens at all dynamic 
>>levels.  Needling hasn't helped, shellac got us back some power but 
>>the sound still fritzes and fuzzes on us.  The Steinway Artist I 
>>was working with voted for replacement with Hamburg hammers (I'll 
>>second that one).  I was thinking about swapping in different 
>>hammers to check if it is the hammers but with this article I 
>>wonder about other solutions.  This four going on five year old S&S 
>>D has other issues but tonally we are experiencing a weaker, 
>>unresolved tone in this area.
>>
>>Would the use of riblets improve this situation?  I clamped a small 
>>grip on a bridge-pin and did not notice a difference here and so 
>>didn't explore soundboard impedance any further.  Perhaps stiffness 
>>and reducing the resonant frequency a little would help?
>>
>>Comments?
>>
>>Andrew Anderson at TAMIU
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