Farrell wrote: > After a little additional thought while bathing and washing the dogs, I > reasoned that upright hammer weights should be in line with grand hammer > weights. Why not? Similar stringing scale & soundboard designs, similar blow > distance, similar key dip, hammer must be accelerated to similar speeds. So > should not the hammer mass be similar to that of a grand? If so, then should > I not be able to successfully utilize the Stanwood hammer mass charts for > guidance??? What do others do? Simply duplicate? > > Terry Farrell Give it a try Terry. One of the big selling points of Stanwoods SW curves is this whole buisness of voicing and how a nicely graduated and appropriate mass curve comes into play. Tho the leverage concerns are arranged quite differently, this much should work out with similiar results I would think. I find that a SW curve right on the delineator between heavy and middle weights is a nice safe spot to be. Tho I still am quite the novice me thinks... -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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