Jeff, Another thing - I think hammers for a CF (from Yamaha) cost something like $1,200.00! Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like I remember them being outrageously expensive. Good luck! JB -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Stickney Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:02 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Alcohol/water on Yamaha hammers List, Thank you for your responses so far. The CFIII is from 1994, so as some of you have indicated it might be a candidate for that treatment. However, I don't trust the other tech to know what he is doing enough to do it right. This all comes at a time when I have been pushing for a 1/2 time staff position (currently a $12,000/year contract - no surprise the Yamaha isn't maintained the way it should be - plus it competes with a Steinway D on stage and gets less use). We are also scheduled for a Steinway Inventory Evaluation in a couple weeks. To add to the complication, the adjunct went to the Dean - over the head of the chair of the department - and the adjunct's dad bought/donated the piano to the U. OK, so there you have the tip of the politics. It goes on, but you get the gist. It's starting to feel like a no-win, but at least the majority opinion seems to be that alcohol/water is not the approach of choice. Any more input would certainly be helpful - I love this list for the opportunity to "think through" a situation like this. Thanks. Jeff Stickney UM Jeff Stickney wrote: > List: > > I have a Yamaha CFIII here at UM. Because of a political situation > too complex to describe, an adjunct piano faculty here wants to bring > in his "personal technician" to voice and regulate the piano. He > wants to use an alcohol/water solution on the hammers to voice. The > last piano he did this on (a Kawai KG-2D) was turned to mush, and I am > concerned that is what would happen to our 9' Yamaha. Do any of you > have experience using this solution on Yamaha hammers, and have they > been good or bad? Of course, I'm not happy about them bringing in > this other "tech", but it may be unavoidable due to the politics. > Thanks for any input. > > Jeff Stickney > University of Montana > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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