---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mike, At 03:11 PM 12/10/99 -0400, you wrote: > > > > "keytop" (which, by the way, is not what is used at S&S). > >-So what is S&S using? OK, at the risk of being accused of being coy, the direct answer is that I do not specifically know what is used _today_. The last time I talked with Michael Mohr about this, it was 1995/6, and I was tired of waiting for keytops to dissolve, and tired of the sound I got from the grumbled up bits of plastic sold by various supply houses...(OK (again), I didn't like the sound of the keytops, either). Anyway, what Michael told me then is that they were using the same grumbled up bits of plastic, only they got them from Rohm Chemical in drums. Aside from the tonal issues, as that is so much an issue of taste to begin with...what I really object to with the plastic is that, once the acetone is gone, there you are...usually until you install a new set of hammers. I know that many other folk feel very differently about it. It surely is much faster than many other methods. Still, as Ghandi said: "There is more to life than increasing it's speed." >(It's wise to know exactly what's already applied before adding any more >concoctions) Yes. Even then, there is a very long history of line workers using non- standard things for hardening. I am not sure you ever really "know" what you have unless you start out with brand new hammers. I remember one visit to the Kimball factory and watching one of the "voicers" start out with a freshly installed set of those little brass mallets, err, I mean, hammers they used to make by completely dousing the entire set (several sets at a time, actually) with 6:1 thinner/lacquer. The event answered some questions I had had about why the Viennese edition instruments had a certain, ah, quality about their sound. >Thanks- My pleasure - Actually, I would be glad to know if anyone has more up-to-date data on this. Best. Horace (p.s. - Mike, caught any freights lately?) h +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Horace Greeley, email: hgreeley@stanford.edu CNA, MCP, RPT Systems Analyst/Engineer voice: 650.725.9062 Controller's Office fax: 650.725.8014 Stanford University 651 Serra St., RM 100, MC 6215 Stanford, CA 94305-6215 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/73/13/c0/93/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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