[CAUT] WNG shanks= louder piano confirmed

[Paul T Williams]

Hi Keith,

I wish I could do this, but the glue WNG sent me is permanent and I can't 
move the hammers ever again!  I learned this trick you say as well at an 
Oberlin/Steinway seminar 2 years ago and it works very well if you use 
hide glue or Titebond trim and moulding glue, but not theirs....it's 
really like gel superglue and will not let go.  Also, the glue only gives 
you about 45 seconds to get it exactly right on the in and out alignment, 
then it sets.  You can still "burn" in the shanks with a heat gun to get 
them to 90 degrees, but in and out..no way.

Being able to stretch out the longevity (as well as cost savings) of 
shanks, I like the freedom to get 2 sets of hammers for every set of 
shanks, but can't do it with these.  Otherwise, the WNG shanks are fairly 
easy to work with, come straight out of the box with little or no 
travelling needed and very consistant in pin tightness....perhaps a bit 
too loose on the swing test, but OK.

Live and learn, eh?

Paul






From:
Keith Roberts <keithspiano at gmail.com>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
09/19/2010 01:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] WNG shanks= louder piano confirmed



take the cheek blocks out and put the masking tape where the keyslip was. 
Mark the starting point of the frame and see if pulling the frame towards 
you improve the killer octaves. Mark the best spot for those notes and 
rehang the hammers. That would be the horseshoe shape from G5 to G6 that 
is usually found on the B. On the L or O, I noticed the last 8 notes of 
the top octave, the hammers were hung closer. If I hung the hammers in a 
straight line and lined up c88 the best, Then from C7 to G5 sounded off. 
We didn't do too many M's
Keith Roberts

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:
Hi All, 

Now that the hammers and new WNG are installed on the Steinway M.  Yes, 
it's considerably louder than before, but some of that, I'm sure is due to 
the new hammers replacing worn out hammers. The new ones, to remind you, 
are Wally's Naturals, which are a usually a bit more punchy than others. 
 I have not started the post installing voicing yet....just the 
pre-voicing.  The bass is really nice and only a little bit will be needed 
near the break, but the killer octaves will need quite a bit and a bit 
hollow.   

BTW: if you would like to listen right now to our local NPR station, 
they're playing quite a bit of my latest work on the piano on the Lied 
Steinway for the recent Listz fest.  NET.lincoln, org, (I think). Can't 
take ALL the credit, though....The Piano People rebuilt the action last 
spring with Hamburg hammers.  Sounds pretty good though. 

Best, 
Paul 




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