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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like that "wiggle room and not big shake"
business. For years I had to do major voicing with almost every
tuning--and I service this instrument every three months. Though the tone
quality is quite pleasant and the customer is very pleased, I am still a
little disappointed with the power. It <seems> like it should
be bigger, but I guess I'll take this over nasal and mean. Of course, I
changed two major things with these hammers--weight and
resiliency. Just for my own curiosity, maybe next time I'll try some
clips on the hammers to see what I get. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the end of November, Orion Weiss, an up and
coming artist, played this piano for a symphony fund raiser (held in the
customer's home--it's quite a place.) It was the first time I've actually
<heard> the piano. Ahem--he didn't have any problem getting power
out of the piano... :-) I certainly got an earful and
know a few things I'll be working on next.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=davidlovepianos@comcast.net
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David Love</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">'College and University Technicians'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Lack of low frequency
response</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It can be that the
hammers are not a good match for the board, as it seems to have been in your
case. A softer hammer will help filter out some of the unwanted upper
partials that, I assume, contributed to the “mean” quality. Often, a
nasally sound has to do with lack of resilience in the hammer which influences
hammer string contact time and how the tone develops. Of course
soundboard response can’t be overlooked either. I like to think of tone
as having three phases: attack, development, sustain. The interaction
between the hammer and the soundboard can influence all three phases.
For example, a harsh attack can be a function of a loose board or a too hard
hammer but is usually some combination. A distorted development phase
can be a function of a hammer which is too heavy for the board and sustain
problems can be a function of a board which lacks adequate stiffness (or mass
depending on the section) or a hammer which lacks proper resilience
influencing hammer/string contact time, or both. Whatever the case,
matching the hammer to the board with a clear tonal goal in mind is
important. <STRONG>Obviously, voicing gives some wiggle room but should,
in my view, be used mostly for the wiggle and not for the big
shake.</STRONG> Ideally, the hammer should start out pretty close to
your tonal goal and depending on the soundboard response (and string scale)
that requirement will change. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">David Love</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On </SPAN></FONT>Dec 8, 2007 3:46 PM,
Barbara Richmond <<A
href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">piano57@insightbb.com</A>> wrote:</P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A model 240 Seiler that I've worked on
for years was very nasally and mean<BR>sounding. I changed to lighter
and softer hammers. It sounds a lot better <BR>and the nasal quality is
gone. So what's to blame, the hammers or the<BR>soundboard?<BR><FONT
color=#888888><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888"><BR>Barbara Richmond, RPT<BR>near
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style="COLOR: #888888">Peoria</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#888888><SPAN
style="COLOR: #888888">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#888888><SPAN
style="COLOR: #888888">Illinois</SPAN></FONT></P>
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