Thanks Andre, I'll keep that information. I'm waiting for the customer to come up with the budget to get this done. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/3/2003 at 6:26 PM antares@euronet.nl wrote: >On dinsdag, jun 3, 2003, at 01:54 Europe/Amsterdam, David M. Porritt >wrote: > >> Andre: >> >> Having read your take on hammers I have a question. I have a church >> here that has a Bechstein "EN" concert grand, but it was built back >> when the had 88 agraffes. I need to replace the hammers, but the top >> octave really needs very thin hammers in order to fit between the >> belly rail and still not hit the agraffes. You stated that >> Bechsteins that have pointy hammers sound bad. Any >> suggestions???????? >> >> dave > >Yes, >If you take a close look at in particular the old Bechsteins, you will >see that those high treble hammers have to be rather small, in order to >hit the strings at the right and only spot. >If you look very well you will see that these older hammers have a core >which is extremely thin. >That is where the secret lies. The hammer crown is not pointed like a >STW but still more or less rounded. So the hammer is thin but the >striking area is more rounded than you would expect. > >For that reason we (Grand Piano in Holland 00-31-75-6226878 and fax >00-31-75-6226879 email : info@grandpiano.nl) have right now in our >stock the original Bechstein hammers for Bechstein grands, with Wurzen >felt. >Even on modern Bechsteins they sound much better, provided you glue >them with - extreme - care!! > >friendly greetings > > >Antares, >The Netherlands > >see my website at : www.concertpianoservice.nl > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives **************** END MESSAGE FROM antares@euronet.nl ********************* _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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