"...one thinks of it being associated with loose centers..." I think what you see here Barbara is caused by frequent/continuous use of the soft pedal. Terry Farrell On Feb 27, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Hi Steven, > > Yeah, it's a mystery about the remarkably good shape of the > knuckles--I check them all. I've followed the tech who "took care" > of this piano before. He has some sort of odd ideas. It's hard to > tell exactly what he did. But, I can tell what he > "didn't." :-) About the hammer shape, well, I've seen it > before, but usually one thinks of it being associated with loose > centers--these are too tight. I guess how it wears depends on the > hammer felt itself. > > I hope the snow is gone soon, too. Today, it was 31 degrees with > sunshine. It's been such a cold and gray winter, that it felt like > spring! Let me know when you are in town--though there is one week > next month when I'll be out of town. > > Barbara Richmond > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Hopp" <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:17:54 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada > Central > Subject: Re: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1 > > Barbara, > > Am I not seeing this correctly? From the condition of the one > knuckle which looks pretty good those hammers look like you know > what... It almost looks like somebody sawed them off they are so > evenly worn. Maybe I've just not seen enough of the action. Sorry > I can't answer your questions but I just had to comment and say > hello. I'll be in your neck o the woods next month. Hope the snow > is gone. =). > > Best wishes on this project, > > Steven Hopp > Midland, TX > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100227/f5a43cc8/attachment.htm>
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