[CAUT] Voicing Steinway D

[David Love]

I would think that on a hard blow the hammer would under center because of
the flexing of the shank hitting more on the proximal side.  Similarly on a
soft blow, the hammer would hit more on the backside, though I suppose it
depends ultimately on how accurately the hammers were bored in the first
place. 

 

David Love
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www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Wathen
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:18 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D

 

Fred Drasche was a career Steinway Concert Technician.  He used to refer to
the front side of the hammer as the "carry side" and the backside of the
hammer was the attack side.  He believed that on a fast blow the hammer
would overcenter the strike point on the hammer and hit string on the
backside (attack side).  Similarily, on very soft to medium blows it would
be the front side (carry). If you want to produce more attack sound then,
you place more hardener on the attack side of the hammer. He also said you
only get one chance to apply lacquer.  This is because the lacquer is a
barrier unto itself. A subsequent application will not penetrate to a deeper
level within the hammer.

 

Michael Wathen

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From: itunepiano at aol.com 

To: caut at ptg.org 

Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:06 PM

Subject: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D

 

During a 3 day Concert Prep on a 10 year old D, I added Lacquer to power up
the piano.   Lacquer would not soak into the key side of the hammers but did
soak easily into the backcheck side of the hammers.  I applied the lacquer
on the lmid shoulders only, not from the side of the hammer.   Is it an
accepted voicing technique to lacquer one side of the hammer and not the
other?    What are the advantages or disadvantages?    Bob.  


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