<< As far off topic as this is, in some way, it's distantly related in that
our
food supply affects the health of our populace. It's all connected.>>
Greetings,
Well yes, it is all connected, but everything has to stop, somewhere,
doesn't it?
I could suggest that the members of the MPT list would like to have had
this thread, since precedence indicates that there are NO subjects that are
off topic for that list, while in the past, the tech list has flamed it in
hardwood that the posts should be piano or technician or business related. I
know there are those that really enjoy the social scene a list such as
pianotech can have, but I know for a fact there are many on this list that
wish the posts confined themselves to the pure technical.
Myself? I just wish every post on this list had at least one technical
aspect, even if it is embedded in verbosity. The chicken thread just added
to the clog , for me.
So, on the tech side. I just reversed all the damper felts on a Steinway
D that is our temperament axe for the next week. I had been fighting the
seating twang with the old felt, ( two years old) so I just replaced them
all, but this time, put the wedge on the distal side of the damperhead and
the flat blocks, ( looking more like minature marshmallow Tower of Pisas all
the time!) closer to the agraffe. I bent them so that the block hit first, (
this results in the rear of the damper lifting first). Oh, polished the
strings where they seat, too.
Whadda ya know, it is quiet. Real quiet! Even on una corda. It will
be just my luck that it will revert back to its noisy self in the next 24
hours. Just in time for Grieg's "Bell Ringer" that we will record first,
(to end the CD with). There are a lot of very exposed intervals in the upper
register, and no room for damper twang.
We are recording in reverse order so that the temperament changes will
be as gradual as possible. I am also raising and lowering the A by up to 4
cents so that the various temperaments cause the least amount of overall
change. The last/first Werckmeister calls for some serious wire movement, so
that will probably be the lowest pitched one of the bunch. Maybe 439 for the
Scarlatti (K 96).
I'll keep the list posted if anything interesting turns up, but may be
offline for the next 4 days. There is a lot of things that have to work
right for any recording, and we are having to do all of this at night, after
the construction on the building stops for the day. It takes time and more,
and I ain't just talking about chicken feed!(:)}}
Regards,
Ed Foote RPT
(apologies if some of our foreign pardners don't get the vernacular, but
thaz the way it looks from heah)
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