This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >From my own experience, reducing the mass of the hammer moldings has = minimal effect on touch weight and there are so many other factors to = consider that you would have to see the piano first hand, or at least = know it's complete history... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Nice Tails ??? =20 bruce greig wrote:=20 Richard - NY Steinway hammers have the name Steinway stamped on the = lowest bass hammers and I believe they still wire all the felts from 1 = to 88, though I haven't paid special attention to this lately. btw, = what do they sound like?Bruce G Dont really know what they sound like. I got this picture from a = freind who's having some touchweight problems. Struck me as an awfully = lot of tail thickness (wood), and just didnt look quite like I remember = NY Steinways looking. Wrong colour inner felt for one thing. Just a bit = too red... reminded me of these Ronsens I have had laying around = forever. Maybe its the picture..=20 I'll ask him about the name. Obviously no felt wire or staples here = tho.=20 --=20 Richard Brekne=20 RPT, N.P.T.F.=20 UiB, Bergen, Norway=20 mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no=20 http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html=20 http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ff/e7/ce/a9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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