Ben, As Fred suggests, the notion is there, but it's not the protocol. I was in NY last year, and Kent did suggest that if you "over-do" either needling or juicing, it can usually be solved by the reverse process. However, it was also encouraged that we develop a feel for how much juicing the hammers would need in any section and work efficiently with the application. Fred's post is spot-on otherwise, in terms of what NY teaches these days. William R. Monroe SNIP My impression is that for the new it's just, you can't ruin a Steinway > Hammer, needle juice needle juice needle juice needle juice needle juice > needle juice needle juice needle juice needle juice needle juice, mind you, > all crown needling, and then people complain about Steinway hammers. Another > way to reduce crown needling is off the top juicing, depending on the > solvency of the juice, penetration into hammer, etc. > I am so glad I go to the factory armed with an understanding not > cultivated entirely by the new school approach, however misinformed a may be > about it. > > Israel, were those hammers pre-hung? Steinway sells pre-hung hammers now, > and I do not know how they go about it. I am wondering how much needling > those hammers were subjected to before you even got them. > > - Ben > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090614/0731d77a/attachment.htm>
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