Unlacquered S&S hammers:

[Tom Servinsky]

Jim,
Well stated.
Tom Servinsky,RPT
----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Unlacquered S&S hammers:


>
> In a message dated 29/09/01 5:11:41 AM, rbrekne@broadpark.no writes:
>
> <<" All this might clear up for example why you report that Able hammers
are
> so
> hard.. and some of us over here are scratching our heads about that as
well as
> being potentially very enlighting as a whole">>
>
> Richard we need to keep in mind that all "Abels" are not created equal.
Abel,
> and other makers, have a range of different weights, density, and hardness
in
> their hammers and as such one can't say 'all Abels are too hard' and
really
> be accurate.
>  'Hard' and 'too hard' are really meaningless concepts except to the
> individual tech and *their* 'typical' usage.  For new and redesigned
boards
> generic hammers are in the mix but, as Del and Ron have said, might not be
> the preferred ones.
>
>  There is also a philosophical type difference in dealing with hammer
> hardness/softness. The question is.... 'is it better to begin with hammers
> that in general are too hard and voice them down or hammers that generally
> are too soft and voice them up'...???? "Voicing" to include the spectrum
of
> things done to achieve desired tone.   I prefer to start with a firm
hammer
> and voice down as needed rather than start with a less firm hammer and
voice
> up. Different strokes as they say......
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>