<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>