Horace, It's not just the mass. It's also the "toughness." Hornbeam damages much easier than does maple. If this keeps up, I'll have to resurect my old "Features" class. Regards, Del ----------------------------------- Horace Greeley wrote: > Del, > > Thanks for the vote of confidence. > > Without waxing entirely too obnoxious, I've seen > way too many actions butchered in your choice of > methods, often with work _very_ nicely done by > well-intentioned technicians, trying to overcome this > mass issue by attacking (literally) everything else. > > Last time I bothered to measure, a Renner S&S whip > was roughly 3.5-5 gms heavier than it's more poorly > executed, but made from maple NY counterpart. > > Others know those numbers and things a great deal > better than I do, but this simply isn't rocket science, it's > either good basic piano work, or it's not. > > In other news: > > Del, please put me on the list for a catalog of your new > line of piano products and services. I expect something > of at least the quality of the Fazioli presentations. You know, > four colour separations, 45# varnished stock, rotogravuere, > etc. > > While I am sure that there is a veritable multitude of possibilities > for this kind of thing, the only (modest) proposal I have is for > precision pre-cut, tumbled, polished, gold-plated centerpins. > For the truly discriminating technician, these could be used with > the surgical steel, rhodium-plated, Swiss made, double-compound > lever center pin plier and matching cutting and burnishing > tools (for that _very_ special instrument). Given the cost of > what passes for tools these days (where _is_ Hale when we > need them? Old Hale, that is.), the centerpins should go for > about $0.50 per, and the pliers a cool grand. > > Good Morning to All! > > (Yes, the caffeine is starting to kick in...) > > Best. > > Horace > > At 08:43 AM 5/7/1998 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > >Horace Greeley wrote: > > > >> David, > >> > >> Probably just about everyone who has used any of these > >> parts has this problem, potentially. > >> > >> For all of it's highly touted superiority, hornbeam, as used > >> in (most) piano parts these days, has some (to me, anyway) > >> serious drawbacks, the two worst offendors being mass > >> and porosity. > > > >I'm relieved to find that there is at least one other human out there who > does not share > >Renner's high -- at least in public -- opinion of hornbeam. There will be > more in time. > >For all of its faults, give me maple any day. > > > >-- ddf > > > > > > > > > Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT > > Systems Analyst/Engineer > Controller's Office > Stanford University > > email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu > voice mail: 650.725.9062 > fax: 650.725.8014
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