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Mike,<br>
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At 03:11 PM 12/10/99 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>><br>
> "keytop" (which, by the way, is not what is used at
S&S).<br>
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-So what is S&S using?</blockquote><br>
OK, at the risk of being accused of being coy, the direct answer is<br>
that I do not specifically know what is used _today_. The last time
I <br>
talked with Michael Mohr about this, it was 1995/6, and I was tired
of<br>
waiting for keytops to dissolve, and tired of the sound I got from the
<br>
grumbled up bits of plastic sold by various supply houses...(OK
(again),<br>
I didn't like the sound of the keytops, either). Anyway, what
Michael<br>
told me then is that they were using the same grumbled up bits of <br>
plastic, only they got them from Rohm Chemical in drums.<br>
<br>
Aside from the tonal issues, as that is so much an issue of taste to
begin<br>
with...what I really object to with the plastic is that, once the
acetone<br>
is gone, there you are...usually until you install a new set of
hammers.<br>
I know that many other folk feel very differently about it. It
surely is<br>
much faster than many other methods. Still, as Ghandi said:
"There is<br>
more to life than increasing it's speed."<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>(It's wise to know exactly what's already
applied before adding any more<br>
concoctions)</blockquote><br>
Yes. Even then, there is a very long history of line workers using
non-<br>
standard things for hardening. I am not sure you ever really
"know" what<br>
you have unless you start out with brand new hammers.<br>
<br>
I remember one visit to the Kimball factory and watching one of the
"voicers"<br>
start out with a freshly installed set of those little brass mallets,
err,<br>
I mean, hammers they used to make by completely dousing the entire
set<br>
(several sets at a time, actually) with 6:1 thinner/lacquer. The
event<br>
answered some questions I had had about why the Viennese edition
instruments<br>
had a certain, ah, quality about their sound.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>Thanks-</blockquote><br>
My pleasure - Actually, I would be glad to know if anyone has more
up-to-date<br>
data on this.<br>
<br>
Best.<br>
<br>
Horace<br>
<br>
(p.s. - Mike, caught any freights lately?)<br>
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