More CC vs RC questions was RE: Killer Octave & Pitch Raise

[Ron Nossaman]

>Actually, I think the RC&S board doesn't seem to require as bright a
>hammer because the panel is less stiff (not the assembly, but the panel)
>and therefore the impedance characteristics are different.  I'm not sure
>that a softer hammer will produce "sparkly highs" it's just that it
>doesn't take so much of a hard hammer to get the volume out of the
>instrument.  That fact that the hammer is softer may, in fact, reduce
>the sparkly highs as a softer hammer tends to damp higher partials, and
>produce the impression of a narrower or more focused tonal spectrum for
>the same volume.  Is that not possible?
>
>David Love


I know that the average lacquer soaked or hard pressed hammer that would 
sound just fine on another piano sounds terrible with one of my boards. Put 
on a softer more resilient hammer, and the tonal spectrum opens right up.

Ron N