Charles, I am glad to hear of your experiment. I did the same once, some time ago. Fooled everyone for a year. Cheated, though - just swapped parts and regulated (no, it's not kosher). "The pianos have never sounded better..." I finally put things back. Ah, well. Never had the heart to tell the folks involved. Just a twisted mind at play. Best. Horace At 09:08 AM 6/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Mike, > >I would have to agree that if one wants to maintain the original tonal >qualities of the German Steinway the best way to go is with the Renner >hammer manufactured for that instrument (available from S&S in New York). >I have had a bit of experience, however, with modifying the tone to make >it more like the American Steinway. > >Have you ever heard a German Steinway with New York Steinway hammers (of >course one must bore the hammer according to the German Steinway >specification)? I tried that once and the result was lovely; our piano >faculty declared that that model D had never sounded so fine. The piano >lost some of the focus and clarity that characterizes the German >instrument, but made up for it with breadth and warmth of tone. > >Charles > >>Keep it Steinway, >> >>Hamburg Hammers are available bored or unbored from the factory here in NY. >> >>Call Parts dept, 1800 366 1853, or me. >> >>Thanks >> >>Mike Mohr >>Steinway NYC, > > >Charles Ball, RPT >School of Music >University of Texas at Austin >ckball@mail.utexas.edu > > > > Horace Greeley Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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