Jim, Well stated. Tom Servinsky,RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:14 AM Subject: Re: Unlacquered S&S hammers: > > In a message dated 29/09/01 5:11:41 AM, rbrekne@broadpark.no writes: > > <<" All this might clear up for example why you report that Able hammers are > so > hard.. and some of us over here are scratching our heads about that as well as > being potentially very enlighting as a whole">> > > Richard we need to keep in mind that all "Abels" are not created equal. Abel, > and other makers, have a range of different weights, density, and hardness in > their hammers and as such one can't say 'all Abels are too hard' and really > be accurate. > 'Hard' and 'too hard' are really meaningless concepts except to the > individual tech and *their* 'typical' usage. For new and redesigned boards > generic hammers are in the mix but, as Del and Ron have said, might not be > the preferred ones. > > There is also a philosophical type difference in dealing with hammer > hardness/softness. The question is.... 'is it better to begin with hammers > that in general are too hard and voice them down or hammers that generally > are too soft and voice them up'...???? "Voicing" to include the spectrum of > things done to achieve desired tone. I prefer to start with a firm hammer > and voice down as needed rather than start with a less firm hammer and voice > up. Different strokes as they say...... > Jim Bryant (FL) >
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