Big Hammers

[Nichols]

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Barbara,
     While hunting for "every little bit" of projection for a D I service,=
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I discovered the extra belly brace sold by PianoTek. It's for the treble,=20
and really helped octaves 61/2 thru to the top. Better projection, little=20
higher volume, much better sustain. Not too expensive, and a piece-o-cake=20
to install and test.  Y'know, when every little thing adds up to get=20
more..... more. Also, is the piano "grounded"? Big halls laugh at pianos on=
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flexing, rubber-wheeled springs. A couple of blocks for under the front=20
work wonders.

Just a couple of =A2 worth,
Guy


At 12:00 PM 8/30/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey all,
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>Some of you may remember the thread last spring, voicing for a big, dead,=
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>hall.  Still waiting for the bureaucracy to make up their minds, but in=20
>the mean time I've been thinking a lot about the project and I'd like to=20
>have a chat about hammer size.  The hall is huge (3500 seats or so), has=20
>lots of carpet and poses a challenge for the piano's projection.
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>I won't go into all the piano's issues (of which it has quite a few and I=
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>can deal with them), but there is one area I'd like to hear your=20
>opinions.  Right now, the piano (Steinway D) has the biggest hammers on it=
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>that I've ever seen.  Is it a fact that BIG hammers will help power and=20
>projection, especially in a problem setting like this?   A friend has=20
>recommended that I "leave them big."  Some days I agree with him and on=20
>others, I don't.  Of course, I won't really know what's going to work=20
>until I dig in, but I'd just like to hear what your experience has been.
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>Thanks,
>
>Barbara Richmond, RPT

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