Recent thread about Pathetic Monsters.. got me thinking about something. In Davids reply to Terry he mentions some of his thinking about which hammer strike weight ranges are generally appropriate for some varying locations / instruments. I have a roughly 2 meter long Bluthner.. not very old... but needs new hammers. Presently it is in a fairly large classroom that has a lot of carpeting and ceiling mounted sound absorbers. The sound of this instrument is like well.... swallowed up. It just doesnt project. Sustain could be a bit better as well. In a small practice room where this was previously placed it was overwhelmingly "big" in sound. It has a set of 3 time reshaped standard catalouge Able heads. I am wondering what kind of strikeweights / hammer size would be suitable for a room that is so...... damped soundwise as a room with lots of carpeting and the like would be. How does one go about "prejudging" such a choice ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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