Bud, Doesn't it ruin the hammers to put tacks in them? Or was the value of the piano low enough that it didn't really matter? Regards, Clyde Bud Schwab wrote: > Hi gang, > > When I was tuning for MGM in the 60's and 70's we would put small tacks in > the hammers to produce the honky tonk sound. I believe we used those > little tacks that you use to install bridle straps. I would put three side > by side in the trichords and two in the bichords. It gave quite a good > sound. Can't tell you any more what movies they were all used in but there > quite a few and never had any complaints. I learned that trick from the > previous MGM tuner. > > Bud > > >In reply to Ed Foote's comments about tuning one string of the trichord a > >bit high, I have also offered a "special effects tuning", which is a > >honky tonk sound. But my idea was to tune one of the trichords DOWN > >slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, so I haven't actually > >done it. > > > >Have any others tried this? How did you do it? Did it work well? Did you > >retune the piano afterwards to normal? > > > >Wally Scherer > >Palm Beach County, Florida > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Send e-mail (TEXT ONLY!) to: <WallyTS@iname.com> or <p003520b@pb.seflin.org> > >If you are sending html documents, attachments, etc., please use: > ><WTScherer@hotmail.com> This is checked about once a week. > >My personal web page: <http://www.geocities.com/vienna/2411> > >My business web page: <http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune> > > Bud Schwab > W 6 Z Y P > Malibu, california > >
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