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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 21, 2001 5:57 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of =
hammers...</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 10/16/2001 10:48:57 AM Central =
Daylight
Time, <A =
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>
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TYPE="CITE">As a start perhaps the manufacturer could weigh just =
those
hammers he intends to be #1, #30, #60 and #88 and correlate those =
into
Stanwood's curves. If the manufacturing tolerances are reasonable =
random
samples might well be sufficient. At this point, I'd be really happy =
with
just that. Though we'd still be some distance from ideal at least it =
would
be one small step in the right direction. </FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Would these be pretapered, coved, what about =
the tail?
I am afraid there are too many variables to do anything here =
however
great the need. While those here in this discussion may be =
willing to
pay a little extra for their hammers if this information were made =
available,
I fear the demand would not be large enough for the manufactures to =
bother
with. </DIV>
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size=3>There are
always good reasons for doing nothing. Still, I should think if we all =
thought
about this a bit we could come up with a couple of simple standards that =
would
tell us a whole lot more than 14 pound or 16 pound does.
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I don't see why this should cost any more =
than saying,
"you're getting 16# hammers." Given reasonable production controls there =
shouldn't be all that much difference from one set to the next in a =
given hammer
design. So, what is the design standard? Not all that difficult once =
there is
agreement on the standard we're after. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>With all the other committee's PTG has going =
that
really have nothing at all to do with the piano, perhaps one or two that =
could
actually make our work lives easier might be in order. How about one on
"Replacement Parts Standards?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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