<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=146561923-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Barbara, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=146561923-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=146561923-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'll be over there next week and could take digital pictures. No, it doesn't look goofy. The audience haven't even noticed it yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=146561923-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=146561923-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Barbara Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> August 30, 2004 7:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Big Hammers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marcel,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you describe it in some detail?  Is there a picture of one somewhere?  Does it look goofy? :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mcpiano@videotron.ca href="mailto:mcpiano@videotron.ca">Marcel Carey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 30, 2004 4:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Big Hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Barbara.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Have you thought about a bottom lid for this piano. I've installed one in a difficult hall and had great result. You only need sound reflective material that is installed below the piano with an angle about the same as the top lid. It can be tried easily. We had listeners with eyes closed and a technician removing and installing the bottom lid, and all were unanimous about the sound outpout increase in the hall.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Barbara Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> August 30, 2004 1:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Big Hammers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some of you may remember the thread last spring, voicing for a big, dead, hall.  Still waiting for the bureaucracy to make up their minds, but in the mean time I've been thinking a lot about the project and I'd like to have a chat about hammer size.  The hall is huge (3500 seats or so), has lots of carpet and poses a challenge for the piano's projection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I won't go into all the piano's issues (of which it has quite a few and I can deal with them), but there is one area I'd like to hear your opinions.  Right now, the piano (Steinway D) has the biggest hammers on it that I've ever seen.  Is it a fact that BIG hammers will help power and projection, especially in a problem setting like this?   A friend has recommended that I "leave them big."  Some days I agree with him and on others, I don't.  Of course, I won't really know what's going to work until I dig in, but I'd just like to hear what your experience has been.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>