Dale and all, Regarding higher weight hammers, what is especially amazing is the amount of hidden potential that is brought out in the bass. With medium or low zone strike weights there is a point at which hitting that key harder simply results in a thuddy janglen no matter how the hammer is voiced... In the same piano with upper high zone Strike Weights a threshold is often crossed and striking the key harder results in a fuller more powerful fundamental... not unlike adding several feet to the piano! I'm really not strecccching the truth.... this is the experience reported to me by many of my Precision TouchDesign installers... Another interesting fact about high zone hammers is that one of my installers reports that the inharmonicity went down considerably after increasing hammer weight by as much as 1.9 grams on a Yamaha grand. I believe it was from upper medium zone to mid high zone. The whole voice of the piano changed in a fundamental way... for the better. David Stanwood P.S. - Regarding Chickering shanks... These old Chickerings can have shanks that are narrower at the bushing end of the shank... Which can cause problems with modern replacement shanks that may be slightly wider. I believe that Wally Brooks supplies a reproduction of this shank that is narrower across the bifurcation,... For those who may not know it.. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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