[pianotech] Weickert Hammers

[Paul T Williams]

Ed,

I see the same thing.  Good time to find mutual funds with emphasis on 
hearing aid companies!  Look at all the guys in "the hood" with the bass 
thumping so loud you can hear it three blocks away!



From:
Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
09/19/2009 04:02 PM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Weickert Hammers




 So, you would say that these would work great for practice rooms?  My 
Abel naturals from wally are absolutely awesome, but waaaay too powerful 
for a 10x10 practice room.  I have to voice the heck out of them to calm 
them down. 
I think they will be good practice room hammers, I may even put a set in 
next without the hardener and see if perhaps they can be brought up 
through simply playing time.  However,  the students seem to want far more 
power and attack out of the pianos than I think is good for their hearing 
or their sense of dynamics. 
    I have seen students on Yamaha C2's in a 10X10 foot room, lid up, and 
absolutely pounding the piano!  It is deafening, but they say they like 
it.  I wonder how they can ever be made aware of the tonal palette if they 
are substituting loudness for everything.  I wonder sometimes if there 
isn't a lot more hearing loss occurring at younger ages than anybody wants 
to talk about. 
Regards, 

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html

 

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