[CAUT] Shellac Voicing

[Andrew Anderson]

Yes,
First the Sauter was too bright and needed to be "taken way down."  It  
was in a room with stone floors, a stone wall, and very little soft  
anywhere to be seen.  I voiced it down and he was pleased for a  
while.  Then he got a Kawai for his kids and decided that the Sauter  
wasn't bright enough.  This Kawai being in the "bucket-full-of-glass"  
voicing tradition.

A good discussion and demonstration of the 600 then 1500 grit that  
brought back some more brightness (still in the same room) without  
getting nasty.  We will see if this satisfies, if not there will be  
some shellac on the shoulders.  BTW these hammers took the needle  
easily.   It really wasn't easy to pull the tone down on the piano,  
very eager soundboard.  They are a hammer that was developed in  
concert with Ulrich Sauter and he said something about their coming on  
the general market soon just before the "Naturals" hit the market so I  
presume that is what they are.

Andrew Anderson

On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Dan Rembold wrote:

> Sorry Andrew, I just now found your later posts with the brand etc.
>
> By the way, shift voicing made a big difference on the Steinway I  
> recently did also, even when the action was not in its shifted  
> position.
>
> I benefited from your story about being hesitant to "contaminate"  
> new hammers, and the way you handled the concerns with your  
> customer.  A lot of times I figure our job is to take a musical  
> problem and translate it into a technical problem, and then solve it  
> the best way our training and experience tells us, which is what you  
> did.  Hope that's not too off-topic.
>
> Dan
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