Dead spot

[Newton Hunt]

Hi ROn,

Don't remember the sequence now.  I could look it up but why bother?

Why do things have to be so complicated?

Oh, for the simple life of the ignorant.  I think I was happier whey i
didn't know so much. :)

Have a great Friday.

		Newton

Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> >Now I have a question.  I have changed hammers on an S&S B.  The
> >originals, S&S, distorted at a MF level.  I put a set of Isaac's on and
> >the distortion could not be found at any level.  So, how much can be
> >inferred from the hammer and how much from the board and how can we tell
> >the difference.  Did I have a truly awful hammer to cause such
> >distortion?
> 
> Since it's typically a customer complaint that starts all this, I do the
> usual plucking, voicing, and some sample hammer swapping to try and
> separate effects. Overly hard hammers can do something very similar, though
> I don't know why exactly unless it's high contact time from lack of
> resilience. Hard hammers can make front duplexes extra noisy and shorten
> sustain too, which is why we try some voicing first. I've always thought
> that starting voicing procedures on a new set of hammers by filling them
> with lacquer was an odd approach, but what do I know? I service more than a
> few pianos in which this distortion increases and decreases with seasonal
> humidity swings, so my final voicing test is how it sounds in the driest
> part of the winter. When you can't make it go away by doing something to
> the hammer, it's the board.
> 
> >I was impressed by the hammers and by the piano all over
> >again.  Oh, forgot, the piano had been restrung but that should not have
> >made that much of a difference.
> >
> >Thoughts?  Cackling?  Distortion?
> >
> >               Newton
> 
> Unless it had been restrung after testing the old hammers, and before
> installing the new. <G>
> 
> Ron N