---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I stand by my comments about steam voicing. I wouldn't have earlier, but after reading posts on this list about it I have tempered how I use it. I am not over steaming as Roger suggests. I also use the exact procedures and materials one is supposed to. I use it, but only as a last resort. Misting and needles are used first. If that fails to get the results I need, I steam very sparingly. I used to be a die hard steam advocate. You can check the archives on this listserve if you don't beleive me. You can also read the cautions I read and the amount of money spent by some manufactures replacing hammers. One must be very careful. I have sets of hammers that still sound fabulous from steam. I have sets that are slightly thuddy. I'm not talking about great pianos that sound slightly thuddy, it could just be lousy hammers. Tim Coates Wapin Company LLP Ed Sutton wrote: >And I will echo Fred's comments exactly. >Incidently, in the article, Roger says to use linen strips. Cotton works >just as well, and I got this straight from the Roger's mouth. What he meant >was: Don't use polyester. >Also, Keith Akins' article on side needling in the July 2001 Journal is a >gem of efficiency, a study in getting the most per poke. It is especially >useful on verticals. >Ed Sutton > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Fred S. Sturm" <fssturm@unm.edu> >To: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com>; "College and University Technicians" ><caut@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:13 PM >Subject: Re: New Bostons > > > > >> I'll echo what Phil says, and refer to what Roger wrote, too: day to >> >> >day, > > >>steam voicing as maintenance is a quick, well aimed shot to the very >> >> >crown. > > >>Pulls the grooves back virtually level. Then iron. This is the very best >> >> >way to > > >>extend the useful lives of hammers available. (The alternative is to file >> >> >and > > >>sugarcoat, which will get you to need replacement real quick). >> For my part, I much prefer doing my shoulder work with needles, >> >> >assuming I > > >>have hammers like Abels. I like the control and the results better. But >> >> >when > > >>the hammers are rocks, and I'm facing hours of torture (Samicks and the >> >> >like), > > >>steam is the way to go. Then maybe needles for finish. >>Regards, >>Fred Sturm >> >>Phil Bondi wrote: >> >> >> >>>I want to back up Roger's recent statement of Steam Voicing by saying I >>> >>> >have > > >>>used this technique on new and old hammers, Asian and American alike, >>> >>> >with > > >>>great long-term results. >>> >>>There's quite a few new Grands in SWFL under 5'(mostly Asian hammers) >>> >>> >that > > >>>sound alot bigger than they are, thanks to steam voicing. >>> >>>On these rock-hard hammers, steam opens them up to accept needling for >>> >>> >the > > >>>final touch, but without steam first, it's like trying to poke a hole in >>> >>> >a > > >>>rock with a blade of grass. >>> >>>-Phil Bondi (Fl.) >>>phil@philbondi.com >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/7c/39/d4/eb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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