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A question left in reference to one of my videos on hanging grand hammers finally receives a response after 2 years languishing unseen on YouTube. Come on, Chris... Q. With an...
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I received the following question from a technician in response to my 2012 video describing use of the Grandwork™ Squaring Platform and Hammer Square. Q: Do you also square up the...
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The experienced regulator/voicer has filing skills, regulating chops, voicing tricks, and an array of solutions to apply in response to constraints of piano, time, budget, and the vicissitudes of by-eye...
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I feel that what happens at strike is most crucial to the piano's TPR (tone, power, and repetition), and that the best result shares compromises proportionately to favor the hammer...
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I think, whether by serendipity or design, such a configuration between plate and soundboard maximizes stability, resistance to collapse, and sensitivity to energy transfer from the strings. The bearing meets...
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...the miscreants should be repinned, properly filed, traveled to vertical, squared to vertical at strike, fit to strings by lifting strings (not left underlifted or overlifted) and see. And good...
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Greatest simplicity is the essence of the bullseye. If the vertical axis of the bullseye hammer is tipped in any direction, it complicates strike, energy transfer, and bounce (tone, power,...
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Strike sliding directly over the hammer centers in the Grandwork™ Regulation Station makes custom boring grand hammers simple, easy, and very efficient. And custom boring unties an unfriendly knot of hard choices and...
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