Honky Tonk attachment

[Tom Dickson]

Hi, James,

  I posted this summer regarding an attachment on an old piano I was 
servicing.  It had both a full felt mute strip for quiet playing, as well as 
a separate attachment with a series of leather strips that would come down 
between hammers and strings to give a more "honky tonk" sort of sound.  This 
device had strips for every hammer in the action.  It was rather an 
ingenious affair.

Sincerely,
Tom Dickson


>From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Honky Tonk attachment
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:26:43 -0600
>
>None of the old rinky tink attachments had anything but a felt mute in the
>bass so the treble would stand out.
>James Grebe
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
>To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:32 PM
>Subject: Honky Tonk attachment
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > The SF Ballet is going to do a ballet based on a Scott Joplin piece
> > and they want a honky tonk sound.  I've looked in Schaff and they
> > have a device but it doesn't cover the bass notes.  Question:  has
> > anyone tried this and are the bass notes a problem for the honky
> > tonk sound, i.e. with the angle of the strings etc?  This may be all I
> > can get?  They have new Yamahas and I'm not poking any tacks in
> > the hammers...;-]
> >
> > Any ideas...
> >
> > David I.
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