Terry You are right about too much weight effecting tone/repetition in uprights. By now you know I'll suggest Ronsen hammers but whatever you use it is good practice to taper the hammers as on a grand if to heavy (and most are) When I started weighing upright hammers and comparing old to new hmmr weights, wow was I shocked. Lots of extra weight to remove and it really improves the tone. Dale Erwin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 6:36 AM Subject: Upright Hammer Selection > Does anyone have new hammer recommendations (what's your favorite flavor?) > for turn-of-the-century 54" Steinway & Mason & Hamlin? I am also concerned > about hammer weight. I understand its effect on tone and touchweight on the > grand, but on the vertical it would seem that hammer weight would affect > tone in a similar way, but touchweight would be different - I should think > it would have a greater effect on inertia and less an effect on down and up > weights. How does all this shake out? Thanks again for input. > > Terry Farrell > > > >
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