This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Love=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: September 28, 2001 11:18 AM Subject: Unlacquered S&S hammers: was Re: Tensioned hammers and "the = staple" Del: Do you actually find that you can get enough tone out of an = unlacquered S&S hammer, especially from the 5th octave up? I would be = interested to know what your method is. Do you remove lots of felt from = the top? I have, in the past, attempted to use their hammers without = lacquer, but I found that in order to get enough tone I had to remove so = much felt that it created other problems (tail length in particular). =20 Thanks, David Love -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Match the new soundboards with the new scales. It's what I talk about in = my classes--almost no secrets left. I do sand the hammers, but it's mostly to take off just a bit of felt = below the parting line and clean up the surface. I take off what I = consider to be excess felt through the upper third, but it's not an = excessive amount. We keep a lot of resilience in the hammers.=20 Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/df/bf/f1/4d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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