Is it the : piano, or is this chracteristic of the hammers? : Thunk : Hold down one key (or lift the damper head) and pluck the string. Does the sound fill the room or does it just fall over dead? That will tell you whether the hammers are to blame or not. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Downbearing and Tone : Abel Encores, : > have done some shoulder needling but don't want to : > over do it. : : I have also just put some Abel encores on a piano : which is having problems with very short sustain. I : followed Wally's needling directions, which improverd : the sustain some, but not dramatically. Is it the : piano, or is this chracteristic of the hammers? : Thunk :
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