Phil, Your idea of seeing the hammers replaced "live", ( if you will) at a convention site is a very valid inquiry. Actually it's been done before at past conventions but it has always had scheduling problems due the considerable class time and heavy eye lids which see to go hand in hand. The way to do it is to have the first period evaluating the existing set, and all the particulars. Break for an hour while a set of pre-hungs shanks/hammers are installed and traveled. The next class period is spent doing the actual voicing. For those with little experience in this area, hearing and experiencing the difference will open new perspectives. Tom Servinsky,RPT -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Phil Bondi Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 3:43 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Night And Day I think we have a subject for a Convention Class going on here..yes, I'm serious. I'm the one that started this thread. From what I've been reading, it appears that my taste for replacement hammers doesn't jive with the respected peers..ok..I can handle that, but the respected peers also have alot more experience than myself with hammers. Hammer replacement is a pretty critical choice when doing a re-whatever to a piano, and there are as many choices as there are personal opinions. .. so .. would it be possible to take a piano, or pianos, in a Convention setting, and let the class hear the differences in hammer selections? I have no pre-conceived notion on how it might work, but I would like to hear from those experienced in organizing convention classes if that is something that might be possible.. -Phil Bondi (Fl.) tito@philbondi.com
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