I was thinking of that wiry sound and generally in those cases I prefer to go softer to try and minimize, well, what you hear. Disconnecting the action totally seems too extreme, though tempting. I don't know this model off hand but still with the small uprights I prefer them a bit darker. Originally I was thinking grand piano where the tensions are a bit higher and often that piano will want for something a bit firmer, assuming reasonable soundboard health. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:42 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fwd: Ronsen Hammers Just curious how that would change your opinion David. It's actually not a Hamilton - very similar though - a model 4021. Looks to be a couple inches shorter than the Hamilton. It has the full-size action of the studio upright, but shorter height. It has the keys that you sometimes see on a short console where the capstans are on a separate piece of wood glued to the underside of the main portion of the key. IMHO, they sound much the same as the Hamilton - lots of obnoxious whining. Terry Farrell On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:20 PM, David Love wrote: Oh, was it a Hamilton? Missed that. That might change my opinion. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:45 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: Ronsen Hammers David has it right here. Samples for the piano and the acoustic environment are always a safe bet. What A Baldwin Hamilton DOES NOT NEED is a stiffer hammer but less stiff. Not soft but not overly stiff. My goal; would be to render mute the obnoxious whining from the funky string scaling. Dale Erwin R.P.T. Ronsen piano hammers Phone: 209-577-8397 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130123/90030289/attachment.htm>
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