At 01:34 PM 10/19/05, you wrote: >Hi Ric, > >Interesting. I friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous, told me that the >un-lacquered type hammers (over here) won't do for orchestral pianos. Why is that? >His >university had a well known person hang a set of well known hammers and it >was of everyone's opinion (who heard the pianos), that the piano without the >NY Steinway hammers just didn't cut it with an orchestra. This HAD to have been a STEINWAY technician! :-) Makes me wonder how the hammers with the Wurzen felt might have sounded! Avery >Well, I wasn't >there, but I can imagine that other factors could make a difference, too >(besides hammers). > >Just reporting what I was told. :-) > >Barbara Richmond, RPT > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek@broadpark.no> >To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:33 PM >Subject: Eric Schandall on Lacquer Voicing > > >>Hi folks >> >>Some of you know that Eric Schandall was one of the instructors at the >>Nordic PTA convention in Stockholm last weekend. His first class was all >>about how to voice the New York Steinway and included quite abit about the >>differences in basic approaches between needled hammers and hammers that >>use lacquer. >> >>First and foremost, I have to say I was very gratified to hear that >>Steinway NY does NOT use lacquer because it is supposed to be an easier >>approach. Upon asking him directly about the ease question, he answered >>that all in all its about the same level of difficulty, tho he was not >>referring to the physical work required in traditional first voicing with >>needles mind you. The reason given for Steinways choice in using the >>lacquer approach is because they feel they do not get the sound they want >>with needled hammers. I.e. Eric, and Steinway NY are of the opinion that >>lacquered hammers yield a different sound then needled hammers. He cited >>more power as one alleged asset, voicing stability as another, and a >>larger dynamic range due to the very localized affect of needle placement >>when voicing for soft shift play. Course he didnt really see any >>advantages to the Hamburg approach.. but then he was from NY :) He DID >>state that it was his believe that prior to WWII all hammers all over the >>world needed lacquer. >> >>FWIW >> >>Cheers >>RicB >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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