<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" =
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" =
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" =
xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" =
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; =
charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C4A6B1.98A9BEE0">
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="date"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="time"/>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
<w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
<w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind>
<w:EnvelopeVis/>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
</w:Compatibility>
<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.SpellE
{mso-style-name:"";
mso-spl-e:yes;}
span.GramE
{mso-style-name:"";
mso-gram-e:yes;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 77.95pt 1.0in 77.95pt;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple =
style='tab-interval:.5in'>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>David Love<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>davidlovepianos@comcast.net =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf Of
Richard Brekne<br>
Sent: </span></font><st1:date Month="9" Day="30" =
Year="2004">Thursday,
September 30, 2004</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="1" Minute="0">1:00 =
AM</st1:time><br>
To: Pianotech<br>
Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>snip</span></font></span>...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier =
New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>...Yet here, <span class=GramE>somehow<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Renner</span>/Ronsen =
Wurzens<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>and in general tensioned =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>hammers are equated with possessing<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>special characteristics that =
can <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>cause</span></font></span> soundboard =
distortions...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font =
size=2
face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>That’s not what I said.<span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>...As for recommending a tech on what hammers to use... seems =
really
more a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>twofold question. On the one hand you have what the technician =
is <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>already familiar with with regards to voicing techniques.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Not =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>neccessarilly the best idea to reccommend a tech use a set of =
hammers <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>said tech has no idea how to treat. On the other hand you have =
the more
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>general question relating to what hammers you yourself could =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>successfully<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>use =
on the
same piano-- why you choose them and how you =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>treat them.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Two =
different
sides of the same <<question>> =
really.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier =
New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font =
size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Using a hammer because of =
comfort
level may not always be the best criteria for selection.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>All this said... I cant say I see any reason to subscribe to the =
idea <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>that tensioned hammers will cause a soundboard to distort when =
laquered
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>hammers</span></font></span> wont... =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font =
size=2
face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>That’s not what I said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font =
size=2
face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>A soundboard simply has to function as it is meant too =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>with in reasonable parameters... if its so screwed up that a =
hammer <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>needs to be so soft and light as to avoid driving it into some =
or <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>another form of distortion, then it seems to me the soundboard =
should
be <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 =
face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>fixed</span></font></span> =
first.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier =
New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font =
size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Of course it should, but =
if it
can’t be or the customer doesn’t want to, then a lighter =
softer
hammer may somewhat lessen the distortion or harsh characteristics of a =
failed
soundboard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>But then <span class=SpellE><span =
class=GramE>thats</span></span> the
great thing about <span class=SpellE>dissagreement</span> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier =
New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Constructive disagreement, =
yes.</span></font></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=black><span =
style='color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Pissing contests are a waste of
time.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>