Can you think of ANY manufactured item that gets better over
time? When you buy a car, you are advised by the car manufacturer to set
up a maintenance schedule because your car will require yearly servicing.
That's because over time, parts will start to deteriorate. Using the
car analogy again, if you drive your car constantly, the tires will
eventually go bald and lose the tread to grip the road surface. In a
piano hammer, the surface must be very smooth to produce a high quality
sound. Over time, from constant use, the hammer becomes heavily grooved
and the sound produced becomes very strident, loud and difficult to
listen to. Only by re-shaping the hammer, can the surface
be brought back to a smooth oval shape to produce the best sound
possible. So far, I've only talked about the piano hammer. What about
the thousands of other parts of the piano action that require yearly
maintenance? Sadly, most piano owners almost never keep their pianos
maintained. They usually call to have their pianos tuned (not realizing
that they are actually calling the tuner to fix something!).
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