[CAUT] tone resonator

[Russell Gordon]

I have installed 4 or 5 of the tone resonators on various sizes. The  
results have always been positive with some instruments responding  
amazingly well. The instructions indicate that the resonator is  
intended to get that last bit of tone after you have attended to all  
the usual suspects, not as a magic fix.

Russell Gordon


On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:09 PM, caut-request at ptg.org wrote:

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>   Mr. Breakall,
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>       I maintain a Steinway D in a large main concert hall and it  
> had a weak "melody" octave. Professional pianist's who came to play  
> on the piano were never pleased with what they could get out of the  
> instrument and it eventually reached a crisis point when an artist  
> said it was not satisfactory to use. The management started renting  
> a piano for big events and everyone believed a new piano was needed.  
> Meanwhile, I replaced the hammers for a second time ( the first set  
> of Steinway hammers I put on did not work out so well for me!!), and  
> I installed a tone resonator. The new set of hammers I was able to  
> juice up hard enough to bring out as much power as the piano had to  
> give, and the tone resonator really worked amazingly well to take  
> care of the problem with the lack of resonance and sustain in the  
> problem treble ( melody) area. Even though everyone had dismissed  
> the piano as unacceptable, eventually renting became too expensive  
> to do all the time and the Steinway was put to some use again. The  
> major causes for complaints had really been solved and there have  
> been no serious complaints about the piano since the work was done.  
> Now, they don't rent anymore and usually use this instrument for  
> important piano concerto performances.
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>       The tone resonator was pretty easy to install and sure beat  
> the cost of a new instrument!!!
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>        Hope this helps,
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>
>         Sincerely,
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>
> Russell Schmidt - Piano Technician UK School of Music
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