Yes, your on the right tracks. Les and Horace had described density to you very well. May I add though, the customers requrements should be taken in to account. I misinterpretered a customers request on his Bechstine he said it had lost its "umph" my neighbour has a lot of "umph" His neighbour had a brand new Yamaha which I tune. Which is very bright and lovely bass. So I assumed he wanted a bright piano. Boy was I mistaken it took me six months and a loot of visits to tone those hard hammers down. What he meant by umph he wanted a nicer bass but he still wanted his Bechstein sound which is a soft mellow treble compared with a Yamaha. Some of the Bechstein Grands start at gage 13 at the top so a dense hammer is not necessary to produce a quality sound. That's why personally on grands around the 1920 and down. I tend to go for re- covering rather than replacing, it is a bit like buying a set of pre- hung hammers the re-coverer matches the original felt so all you'll have to do is replace the rollers and re-centrer the hammers plus they are a little bit cheaper. Hope this is of some help. Regards, Barrie. In article <09151041200001@DEBCOM.BE>, Peter Kestens <KESTENS.P@Debcom.be> writes >PETER KESTENS >Het Muziekinstrumentenatelier >BELGIUM >KESTENS.P@Debcom.be > To Barrie Heaton, > >Could the density of the felt being of any importancy? The higher it is, >the more it weights? > > -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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