I have been curious as to what gives the 45" Baldwin Hamilton from a few decades ago (the ones I often find in schools) its bright tone? is it the hammers? I was wondering what it would take to give my piano a tone like that? My piano is a 56" Ricca & Son and if you want to hear what it currently sounds like (actually the recording was before I filed the hammers -- it's not that much different now either) I have some clips at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/stephen_airy -- click on piano stuff then My Ricca & Son Piano -- there's some stuff there. I'd appreciate knowing if it's the hammers, or the stringing scale that gives Hamiltons their tone, or whatever it is. My specific area of interest is basically from C below Middle C (or wherever the lowest plain string is) to C above Middle C. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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