<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Wouldn't the fact the Steinway hammers have been juiced in some manner contribute to grooving?  It seems to me that rather than "bounce back", the rigidity of the Steinway hammers would encourage any gooves to remain in the hammers.  This is just a guess from one who actually knows virtually nothing.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>les bartlett</DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:16 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] Hammer wear </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Wim mentioned the other day the difference in hammer wear and wondered if different pianists playing technique had anything to do with it.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I tried to take pictures to post, but the camera I have here doesn’t have good enough macro functions to really show good detail.  We have 2 M’s bought in 2004 that are in practice rooms.  I filed the hammers in the summer of 2005 because the grooves were deep from a year of hard use.  Also in the summer of 2005 I hung 5 sets of Ronsen Wurzen hammers on practice room pianos.  All of these get similar use.  The Wurzen hammers look like the hammers were installed last week and the NY Steinway hammers are again fairly seriously grooved.  I can only attribute that to felt density.  While they are not hard pressed, the raw felt is just denser than other hammers.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’ve become a real believer!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> dp <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> __________________________<o:p></o:p> David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Meadows</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of the Arts<o:p></o:p> Southern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 03/29/2006 </BODY></HTML> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 03/29/2006