•Id like to make a correction to my article in Digest 970613: on American Piano Co. pianos there are *two* two-string unisons on notes 26 & 27, and the gap is found at the fourth plate bolt instead of the third. Sorry about that!!! Andy Taylor Missouri

•Hello All, I would like to find out if anyone has any opinions or suggestions on the following items: 1) What hammers (brand) should be installed on a AA (6'2) Mason and Hamlin grand piano? 2) Who is making the best/most accurate strings? I have been told that some string manufacturers are not usin...

•One more comment about the use of the sustain pedal on pianos. Live piano players very often keep their foot on the pedal, applying a certain pressure which will not lift the dampers away from the strings but will give them a bell-like ringing sound. The sound of a piano also changes slightly, depe...

•With the recent posting about trackers I thought this might be interesting. On the Ludwig action I am rebuilding there are two small pneumatics attached to the back of the spool box. These are spring loaded and connected to the tracker fingers by a string. On rewind the springs pull the fingers awa...

•Actually, I think the German notation uses "B" for "B-flat" and "H" for "B-natural." This is sometimes offered as an explanation of why our modern natural sign looks like an "H" that lost a machete duel. I agree with Robert Linnstaedt that string instrument notes can only be sharpened, not flatted...

•The only player I have had which really ate rolls was the Gulbransen. This chewed up rolls if the tracker was not set right and then was fine until the string wore out. The only way you could tell it was broken was when suddenly the roll started to shred. Bit too late then. Also, it being automatic...

•In Digest 970928 Roger Waring writes: > I found, however, that by lifting the strings fractionally off the > bridge where they pass the pins the problem disappears. A split in the soundboard is usually an indication that the board is loose from a rib or ribs in the area of the split, and setting th...

•My piano tuner -- who is not 'anti-player', but still regards them a little suspiciously -- has an excellent solution to dropped tuner's wedges. A length of thin string, looped through a small hole in the wedge and tied to something on the piano can save a lot of hassle. K*I*S*S [ "Keep It Simple, ...

•[ This is the first paragraph from an article at the web site of the [ retail business, Lark In The Morning: [ [ http://www.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us/MenComNet/Business/Retail/ [ Larknet/ArtHurdyGurdyHistory [ [ There's also a big web site about this stringed instrument at [ [ http://www.hurdygurdy.c...

•My brother is a Frank Zappa fan, and went along to a concert series last year at the Almeida Festival in London where they played a variety of pieces that inspired Zappa, including several Nancarrow pieces (arranged for string quartet). He got talking to someone who was a Nancarrow fan, and had ent...

•While it is still a lot of work, I do have one trick for regulating upright dampers which can save a lot of time: Block the pedal so that most of the spoons start to move their respective dampers when the hammers are 1/2 distance from the strings, regardless of how erratic this makes the dampers ap...

•Roger, This problem is very common on old upright pianos. You have either (1) a loose bass bridge, (2) or the bass strings have corrosion and dirt on them, that keeps them from vibrating properly, or (3) the bass strings will have to be replaced. A loose bridge can be very hard to detect. The bass ...

•John Ross, Thank you for the information on Amherst players. I will research the book you mention and test one string to determine the effect of cleaning. Many thanks. Roger Waring

•References relating to the Verbena Barrel Piano are in MMD 980126, 980128, 980129, 980205. Relating to this string of Verbena informa- tion, one entry was posted to me directly (I have removed the name as I did not ask permission before reprinting) > Hi Gary, I have one of these little barrel piano...

•I'd like to make some further comments and a clarification based on afterthought of my articles in MMD 980502. First, regarding my questioning hammer velocity and it's effects on the string if the hammer is being accelerated: This is a _non-issue_ in the modern pianoforte! Before the hammer reaches...

•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- From: vickroyc@juno.com (Connie Vickroy)(fwd) To: brite@ksu.edu Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 10:04:52 EDT Subject: Rolls for sale For Sale: Nine full-scale Themodist rolls with decorative leader paper and string ties (no boxes). $45 for all nine, ...

•My previous posting was maybe little misunderstood by some readers. I wrote: > Some other point to note here is that the energy transmitted from > the hammer to the string is constant, flex or no flex of shank, > because the moving mass does not change. I therefore say that it > will not influence ...

•Throw out all your thoughts on soundboards. Eight grains or less per inch doesn't make a hill of beans. Let's compare a soundboard on a piano to that of a fine guitar. Your finest steel-string guitars have solid spruce tops. Many guitar players would state that 8 grains per inch or less is better, ...

•Hi MMDers, Is anyone able to explain what the difference is between the Unda Maris and Vox Celeste registers found on Belgian dance organs? I understand that they are both string pipes and are tuned celeste fashion. Thanks. Douglas Bush UK

•Douglas Bush wrote in MMD 981004 (glad that you are on bytes again!) > Is anyone able to explain what the difference is between the Unda > Maris and Vox Celeste registers found on Belgian dance organs? > I understand that they are both string pipes and are tuned celeste > fashion. Both these voices...