<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C4F9B5.B837FBD0"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in' id="role_body" bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial = id="role_document"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You don’t = really need to switch the entire action, just switch a small section of hammers from = one to the other where you can actually hear the contrast right in the piano = between the two sets. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At least you = could then eliminate hammer differences. <span = style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It is possible that the pianos simply have different bellies in terms of = crowing and/or bearing. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It = wouldn’t be the first time.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  = </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>David Love<br> </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy><span = style='font-size: = 10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</span></f= ont></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> = </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On = Behalf Of </span></b></span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Erwinspiano@aol.com</span><= /font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January = 13, 2005 9:05 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] 2 D's revisited.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In a message dated 1/13/2005 3:46:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, = fssturm@unm.edu writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>   Hi Wim<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>  If both are made in 92 often it's possible just for fun to switch the = entire action from one to the other & play with it. It's that FUN part = again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>   . Yes it may not line up perfectly (or at all) but it would be worth a = quick try & it would tell volumnes immediately I should think. = Yes?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>   Dale Erwin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>  Last year I asked about the lack of sound from one of our D's. (If you = recall, Olga Kern didn't like it). I got a lot of good advice, and below are two = posts I got from Jeff and Eric. Since then I have done a lot of work on the = new D, but now, it just sits there. Most of the players, including faculty and students, prefer the older piano. Personally, I like the sound I get = from the new D, but then maybe I'm prejudiced. I don't have the thick skin Fred = has, so this is becoming a personal challenge. <br>  <br> I wonder if any of you who have a similar situation, (2 concert grands = where is one is preferred over the other), if you've tried switching hammers? I = have thought about doing this, but if it has been tried before without much = success, I can save the time doing it. Any advice?<br>  <br> Wim <br>  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi = Wim,<br>     Actually, I take things like that very = seriously. But not too personally. My sense is that there is a lot of “herd = instinct” in any department. At the moment, “everyone” plays our newer piano, = though both are quite well set up, IMO (I guess I like the newer one a wee bit better, = but it’s close to a toss up). There are a couple of folks who are ornery enough = to have their own personal opinions, and choose #2, but everyone else wants = “the better one – you know, the new one.” That may be what you are = experiencing. Word got out that the new piano isn’t up to snuff, so everybody avoids it. = It’s certainly a line to insert in your psyche to help ease the pain = <g>.<br>     Which isn’t to say you shouldn’t = continue to explore possibilities with the poor rejected one. I doubt swapping hammers would = do the trick, but it’s worthwhile experimenting a bit, exchanging just a = few samples and seeing how much difference and of what sort you get. You have to be = VERY finicky about alignment to strings to make this a fair test. If there is = a substantial change, and in a positive direction, then you know that = hammers are something to focus on. Do it both ways: hammers from the newer one into = the older as well (I’m talking shank and flange, too, not popping off = and re-gluing for this experiment).<br> Regards,<br> Fred Sturm<br> University of New Mexico</span></font><font size=2 color=black = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></spa= n></font></p> </blockquote> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>