This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Horace, As of two weeks ago when I talked with Bob Lubtek, according to him the = factory does not use plastic. Steinway Hall/basement does but the = factory still uses lacquer/thinner. Like you I don't care for that plastic sound either, but I do admit your = sugar/water mix does intrigue ones imagination. :-) Gina ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Horace Greeley=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Flexible collodion for voicing hammers 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=20 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 = =20 CNA, MCP, RPT =20 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 = +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= ++=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/cb/e3/91/8a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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