Yeah, yeah, yeah...your always bragging about your soundboards...;-]
David I.
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From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:26:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Voicing
>>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really know the hammers you were
>>hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I was talked into
>>(only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a Baldwin 6000. Those
>>suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So rather
>>than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the
>>lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them
>>once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do
>>anything until I'd had them in the piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here,
>>or missing vital information?
>>
>>Alan Barnard
>Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs down. I don't think it's
>knowing the hammer as much as knowing the hammer in relation to the scaling
>and soundboard assembly of the specific piano.
>Ron N
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