[CAUT] Alcohol/water on Yamaha hammers

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Jeff,
                    I would fight the Alcohol/water treatment tooth 
and nail.  It will distort the shoulders of the hammers and it  will 
be hard to find a decent voice on the instrument afterwards..
   Having said that.  The new CF111 hammers are a huge improvement on 
the older ones.   Let him go ahead and put a new set of hammers and 
shanks on afterwards.
Add the Crescendo B/R and F/R Werzen felt punching's and it will 
really upgrade that CF.
I have done 2 CF's in the last 6 months and the clients are delighted 
with the results.

Regards Roger


At 08:01 PM 1/6/2006, you wrote:
>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
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