[CAUT] Voicing Steinway D

[Chris Solliday]

one thing (lacquer) is for power or volume and the other (needles) is for
other aspects of tone. call em what you like.
Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:11 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D


> Chris... :)
>
> At the risk of... whatever.... :):)... how can you state on one hand
>
>     "NOT to imply that some changes can't be made with needles on the
>     shoulders"
>
> right after stating outright that
>
>     "Ron Connors proved this to everyone by cutting away piece after
>     piece from the shoulders of the hammer felt until only the strike
>     area was left on the molding. Sounded the same as with the the
>     shoulders on."
>
> ??  Sounds a bit self contradictory on the surface of it doesn't it ?
>
> Otherwise... not having much experience or personal preference for using
> lacquer on hammers... I'll stay basically out of this one :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> Lacquer and thinner solution is best applied to concert pianos directly
> on the crown which will allow the solids to fall into the area of the
> hammer that does the striking, above the molding tip, on forte playing.
> The rest is as dreamy as little membranes vibrating in the soundboard to
> carry resonance. Ron Connors proved this to everyone by cutting away
> piece after piece from the shoulders of the hammer felt until only the
> strike area was left on the molding. Sounded the same as with the the
> shoulders on. NOT to imply that some changes can't be made with needles
> on the shoulders and even below but not the power that you are looking
> for. It's all about building up the strike point. Hammer polarity is
> about needling not lacquering. But that's really a different issue.
> Chris Solliday