David, Would push pins work? Or, would the plastic fall apart after fifty years and have to be replaced?? Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ilvedson, RPT <ilvey@jps.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Tacks in hammers > Clyde, > > This is an old trick that brightens the tone while voicing the hammers and > the same time. Where have you been? ;-} > > David I. > -----Original Message----- > From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: Friday, November 24, 2000 7:22 PM > Subject: Tacks in hammers > > > >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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