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<DIV>In a message dated 1/13/2005 3:46:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV>
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<DIV> Hi Wim</DIV>
<DIV> If both are made in 92 often it's possible just for fun to switc=
h
the entire action from one to the other & play with it. It's that FUN pa=
rt
again.</DIV>
<DIV> . Yes it may not line up perfectly (or at all) but it woul=
d be
worth a quick try & it would tell volumnes immediately I should think.
Yes?</DIV>
<DIV> Dale Erwin</DIV>
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size=2><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>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 concer=
t
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
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size=2><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana>Hi
Wim,<BR> Actually, I take things like that very
seriously. But not too personally. My sense is that there is a lot of â=
€śherd
instinct” in any department. At the moment, “everyoneâ=
€ť 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 ever=
yone
else wants “the better one – you know, the new one.â€=
ť That may be what you are
experiencing. Word got out that the new piano isn’t up to snuff, s=
o 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 swap=
ping
hammers would do the trick, but it’s worthwhile experimenting a bi=
t,
exchanging just a few samples and seeing how much difference and of what s=
ort
you get. You have to be VERY finicky about alignment to strings to make th=
is 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</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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