Doug, I did some plucking with my fingernail and noted that the fuzzy, unresolved tone persisted. Andrew Anderson At 02:39 PM 8/3/2007, you wrote: >Have you tried a heavy guitar pick on these notes? If you can get >more with the pick than with the hammers, then the hammers probably >need work or replacement (and much work). IMHO, the results >available with the NY Steinway hammers are more colorful than >anything else, but you must know how to develop and control >tone--it's different from any other hammers I work on, and quite >demanding on a D (like everything else on a D!). If you are more >familiar with other hammers, the Hamburg hammer might work better >for you, as the voicing methods are more like the other hammers' methods. > >Doug Wood > > >On Jul 29, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > >>Listmembers, >>Some questions in response to the journal article; practical application. >> >>I service an S&S D where we are really unsatisfied with the mid to >>upper treble killer octaves. I describe the sound a fuzzy. The >>upper partials clash and do not settle into a clear ringing >>tone. The high treble is fine. This is the kind of sound you get >>from cheap chinese grands when you try to play them >>loud--distortion. Problem is it happens at all dynamic >>levels. Needling hasn't helped, shellac got us back some power but >>the sound still fritzes and fuzzes on us. The Steinway Artist I >>was working with voted for replacement with Hamburg hammers (I'll >>second that one). I was thinking about swapping in different >>hammers to check if it is the hammers but with this article I >>wonder about other solutions. This four going on five year old S&S >>D has other issues but tonally we are experiencing a weaker, >>unresolved tone in this area. >> >>Would the use of riblets improve this situation? I clamped a small >>grip on a bridge-pin and did not notice a difference here and so >>didn't explore soundboard impedance any further. Perhaps stiffness >>and reducing the resonant frequency a little would help? >> >>Comments? >> >>Andrew Anderson at TAMIU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070803/510048ec/attachment.html
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