Boys, boys....come on, give us a break. Richard, it is common knowledge that NY Steinway hammers are soft to begin with. Not necessarily mush balls...;-] NY Steinway brings the tone up with hardener, ie. lacquer/thinner as necessary. The vast majority of hammer makers start hard and voice down. I tend to think softer hammers voiced up tend to hold their voicing longer than hard hammers voiced down. This is my opinion. What do you think? David Ilvedson ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:51:12 +0100 Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers >No David.. >You are becoming the real pain in the ass. There.. for the first time >since I have been on this list I stooped too such levels. You seem to >feel its your right to tell people that their ideas and thoughts are not >worthy when ever they dissagree with yours. I've seen this several >times. You have uttered words and accusations few people here would >dream about stooping so low to say. What you accused Robin of a year or >so back was just plain disgusting. And that was by far an isolated instance. >I am not twisting anything... You stated and have repeated that there >was some connection between soundboard construction hammer selection, >and you have been rather more specific about it then you seem to want to >stand for when put to it. I reject that, I am not alone. And there is >nothing about stating so that rates the kind of assinine response it >seems to provoke in you. >What you claimed and didnt is on the record and I simply leave it to >folks to go back and read. As for further exchanges, I would hope that >regardless dissagreements on issues you would find some sense of basic >decency that you could hold onto a bit more firmly. >Enough on the subject matter. I have always refused to carry on >disscussions with those few here that drop to these levels... and this >one is no exception. >er... Cheers >Richard Brekne >David Love wrote: >>Richard: >> >>You're becoming a real pain in the ass. Yes, I meant to say that. I >>don't expect you to see things my way, just don't twist what it is that >>I am saying. This thread began with my simply saying that it might be >>in peoples' best interest to sample various hammers or styles of hammers >>when replacing hammers because some may sound better than others >>depending on the piano. You have twisted this into a debate about which >>is better, a lacquered or unlacquered hammer. I never made that claim. >>I use various types of hammers depending on the piano. If you want to >>use only one kind of hammer, you have my blessing. I find that one >>hammer does not fit all. I leave it for others to decide for >>themselves. >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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