"Womens Steinway"

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Dan,

The hammers in the pianos Ralph was referring to didn't get either. Except, possibly, in
the high treble. They were built in such a way that they generally didn't need really hard
hammers to develop their tone.

Del

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Dan M. Hallett, Jr. wrote:

> ralph m martin wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jim
> > When I began in this business in the dark ages, S&S had a very "round"
> > sound...much more mellow than today's models. I really believe it was
> > this sound that made S&S so much in demand (as well as their quality).
> > During those same times, M&H were even more mellow than S&S. They had a
> > real sonourous (I still get, occasionally, confused between British and
> > American spelling) quality that I really liked.
>
> A Question: In light of the 'round' sound mentioned above, would the
> move away from lacquer in the hardening of hammers nave any effect in
> the tone of the instrument? In other words, if we have two hammers made
> by the same process and one is hardened by lacquer and the other by
> Supertone, will the lacquered hammer have a mellower sound? Would the
> lacquered sound become mellower with continued use than the Supertoned
> hammer?
> Just a question.
> Dan Hallett, Jr. RPT
> Hallett's Piano Service
> dhalle@toolcity.net