ralph m martin wrote: > > Hi Dan > Not the TYPE of hardener, but how much is used! The tendency for S&S in > recent years, what with the success of the Asian pianos, has been to get > brighter. I would imagine that they assumed that the intonation of the > Asian pianos is what made them popular?? I can only guess. > > Ralph Martin > > On Sun, 01 Feb 1998 15:11:43 -0500 "Dan M. Hallett, Jr." > <dhalle@toolcity.net> writes: > >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 > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Dear Ralph: Thanks for the clarification. Dan Hallett, Jr. RPT Hallett's PIano Service dhalle@toolcity.net
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