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<DIV><FONT size=2>Well I'm surprised, I've hung many sets of D hammers =
and I
don't think I've ever had one that was pre-lacquered. Maybe just =
the luck
of the draw. It wasn't just the tone, the hammers still needed =
some
additional lacquering and the felt wouldn't take the lacquer in a way =
that only
prelacquered felt reacts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 19, 2002 8:56 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face="Times New Roman"
size=2 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 9/19/2002 5:39:10 PM =
Pacific Daylight
Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
#ffffff"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>
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solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: Voicing </B><BR>Date:9/19/2002 5:39:10 PM =
Pacific
Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A><BR>Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent =
from the
Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>On a similar note, I got a set of D =
hammers
from Steinway recently. They were definitely prejuiced. =
Not sure
with what. Never had that happen before. Is this =
something
new?<BR><BR>David
Love<BR><BR>
David</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
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FAMILY="SERIF"> &n=
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Not new. I've heard this for years that the felt is pre laquered =
before
pressing. To me this makes sense since they're pressing method doesn't =
provide
for much true compression or tension or density.I belive this to =
be by
design. Pre - lacquering makes the felt stiffer which helps densify it =
some
during pressing. It's forced to stretch and bend a bit more rather =
than just
mush into the caul and around tha molding. <BR> The =
problem as I
see it is that the method, isn't consistent. I've had some sets that =
needed
very little stiffening solution and others...well Dave ,you
know<BR>>>>>>Dale</FONT><FONT lang=0
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TYPE="CITE">----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> =
<BR><B>To:</B>
<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> =
<BR><B>Sent:</B>
September 19, 2002 1:33 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Voicing<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 =
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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FAMILY="SERIF">In a message
dated 9/18/2002 9:23:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</A>
=
writes:<BR><BR> &nbs=
p;
Ron<BR> </FONT><FONT =
lang=0
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" =
color=#000000
size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"> This doesn't surprise =
me a bit.
Ari ,at least in the past, prejuiced all his hammer sets with a =
plexiglass
solution to some degree unless you specifically request none. He =
is fairly
consistent about it but sometimes some get stiffer than others. =
Great
hammers. Still more variables ehh<BR> Dale</FONT><FONT =
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TYPE="CITE">Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs =
down. I
don't think it's <BR>knowing the hammer as much as knowing the =
hammer in
relation to the scaling <BR>and soundboard assembly of the =
specific
piano.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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