The idea must be to seat the strings, similar to what many of us do with a brass rod. I'm not sure what the advantage would be, but it would sure impress some clients! Ryan On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:37 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > It looks like a tennis ball hooked up to an electric jig saw, which sits on > a platform over the strings. I guess to pound in the strings? > > Wim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Houweling <jackhouweling at dccnet.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 6:18 pm > Subject: [pianotech] FW: what is this? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > I saw this video on You Tube called Pianomania, it has a Steinway concert > technician > named Stefan Knupfer working for Lang Lang, and at 0:47 he shows some kind > of pounder. Does anyone know what it > is or what it does? Check out video link below. > > Jack Houweling > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhRZmaFwLU&feature=BFa&list=PLEE6173BD97999F94&lf=results_video > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110929/8c1bf60e/attachment.htm>
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