Tacks in hammers

[Clyde Hollinger]

Bud,

Doesn't it ruin the hammers to put tacks in them?  Or was the value of the piano
low enough that it didn't really matter?

Regards, Clyde

Bud Schwab wrote:

> Hi gang,
>
> When I was tuning for MGM in the 60's and 70's we would put small tacks in
> the hammers to produce the honky tonk sound.  I believe we used those
> little tacks that you use to install bridle straps.  I would put three side
> by side in the trichords and two in the bichords.  It gave quite a good
> sound.  Can't tell you any more what movies they were all used in but there
> quite a few and never had any complaints.  I learned that trick from the
> previous MGM tuner.
>
> Bud
>
> >In reply to Ed Foote's comments about tuning one string of the trichord a
> >bit high, I have also offered a "special effects tuning", which is a
> >honky tonk sound. But my idea was to tune one of the trichords DOWN
> >slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, so I haven't actually
> >done it.
> >
> >Have any others tried this? How did you do it? Did it work well? Did you
> >retune the piano afterwards to normal?
> >
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