Dear list, We have a 2-year-old Yamaha C3 in a faculty studio that is quite bright. I haven't taken the leap into steam voicing yet, and so, in the spirit of Jeannie Grassi's recent editorial comments on Mastery I'm leaning on the the experience of you all before I jump in. In order to do a wholesale voicing of this piano do you 1) Get the coffee pot and steam one hammer at a time in the spout 2) Use the damp cloth and hammer iron on the shoulders or other parts of the hammer 3) Do any of you use needles when faced with this style of piano/hammer ( I do like using a single needle tool to even things out, but not necessarily for this wholesale situation) 4) Is the unofficial Yamaha technique of using pliers on the shoulders going to produce similar results to steaming or is the outcome different - tonally, stability-wise, etc. Thanks for your ideas. Jeff Stickney, RPT University of Montana jpage@selway.umt.edu
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