Victor- Take a look at the "RinkyTink" attachment in the Schaff catalog, p. 23. This might give the effect you need. Ed Sutton > [Original Message] > From: Victor Belanger <vbela@MIT.EDU> > To: <caut@ptg.org> > Date: 10/8/2004 7:15:42 AM > Subject: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers! > > How ironic! > > Next week I have to prep a piano for Lou Harrison's Symphony #3, and > in the score there are instructions of installing thumb tack in the > hammers. > At first I thought to myself "what kind of piece of s&%t of a piano > can I put on stage" but then I looked at the score and it is somewhat > demanding. > It does not make me happy but, I chose an upright and I will take it > as it is and find out what needs to be done after. If I need to > change the hammers, then that is what I will need to do; sadly. > > Anyone with other kind of experiences with thumbtack that could > recommend a few pointers. > > Best. > > Victor Belanger > MIT > > ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> > From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu> > To: caut <caut@ptg.org> > Received: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:55:11 -0500 > Subject: [CAUT] Thumbtacks in hammers! > > >Well, it finally happened. Every university technician fears > >that one day the following will happen in their school: > > >A recently rebuilt Steinway B was used for a performance of > >Stravinsky's RAGTIME. The piece calls for cymbalum so, in it's > >place a piano had thumb tacks pushed into the hammer felt to > >imitate the sound. This was for a NEW MUSIC performance here > >at the University of Illinois. > > >I wrote a nice email to the performing arts center director > >where the atrocity was committed and informed them the hammers > >would need to be replaced at a cost of $400 for the parts. > >Unfortunately, I failed to mention the 30 or so hours it could > >take to bore and hang the new set! > > >The department directors spoke and the offenders were > >supposedly "spoken to" about the matter. Personally I'd rather > >have had the chance to talk to people face to face and ask, > >"What were you thinking?" There seems to be an attitude of > >"I'll do anything I darn well feel like doing" among many in > >our music department. Is that an isolated attitude? > > > >John Minor > >University of Illinois > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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