Speaking of hammers...

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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  Sent: October 21, 2001 5:57 AM
  Subject: Re: Speaking of hammers...


  In a message dated 10/16/2001 10:48:57 AM Central Daylight Time, =
pianobuilders@olynet.com writes:=20



    As a start perhaps the manufacturer could weigh just those hammers =
he intends to be #1, #30, #60 and #88 and correlate those into =
Stanwood's curves. If the manufacturing tolerances are reasonable random =
samples might well be sufficient. At this point, I'd be really happy =
with just that. Though we'd still be some distance from ideal at least =
it would be one small step in the right direction.=20



  Would these be pretapered, coved, what about the tail?  I am afraid =
there are too many variables to do anything here however great the need. =
 While those here in this discussion may be willing to pay a little =
extra for their hammers if this information were made available, I fear =
the demand would not be large enough for the manufactures to bother =
with.=20

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There are always good reasons for doing nothing. Still, I should think =
if we all thought about this a bit we could come up with a couple of =
simple standards that would tell us a whole lot more than 14 pound or 16 =
pound does.=20

I don't see why this should cost any more than saying, "you're getting =
16# hammers." Given reasonable production controls there shouldn't be =
all that much difference from one set to the next in a given hammer =
design. So, what is the design standard? Not all that difficult once =
there is agreement on the standard we're after.=20

With all the other committee's PTG has going that really have nothing at =
all to do with the piano, perhaps one or two that could actually make =
our work lives easier might be in order. How about one on "Replacement =
Parts Standards?"

Del



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