Just another thought...along similar lines to a previous post... I think you should also consider the deep shoulder needling....at least on one hammer to see if you can get a power transfer...these are, after all, hard pressed (insert name of choice here) hammers....and are designed to work that way. These hammers were designed and made for this piano....I am presuming it is a Hamburg piano....From my experience it is a matter of choosing the right techniques to get you to where you need to be.... I'd be happy to drop by after my vacation if I can help in any way...pro bono....I can't imagine how difficult the lack of budget can be for you guys... P On Jul 26, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Israel Stein wrote: > Hi, > > Now, back to piano technology, in the college/university setting (which I believe is supposed to be the primary function of this list) > > I have a new set of Hamburg Steinway hammers on our concert hall Hamburg "D" here at SFSU - we had some advanced students put some mileage on them now in the "off" season (about 20 hours' worth or so, so far) and the midrange and treble are coming along very nicely - big, brilliant tone, no harshness, just what we want. The bass and tenor are another story - weak, muddy. But I expected this - this piano always had a problematic bass, took some heroic measures to make a "sort of real bass" out of it with the last set of hammers that my predecessors put on it... > > So what's the latest "voicing up" concoction of choice for these hammers? The CAUT archives from a few years ago have a lot of stuff about collodion /ether solution (collodion is now harder to get and ether is impossible - it's become drug-making paraphernalia and retail sales greatly restricted). > > Any other goop that works on these? (Please, our European or Down Under friends - British, Norwegian or Australian brand names don't us us much good here in California - generic names, if possible...) > > If not, anyone have any experience with using acetone or denatured alcohol (ethyl/methyl alcohol mixture) to dilute collodion (which - from what I see on some websites - is theoretically possible)? > > Any other ideas? > > Thank you in advance, > > Israel Stein > School of Music and Dance (currently Directorless and staffless) > San Francisco State University (currently moneyless - see below) > San Francisco, California (currently 26 days past the budget deadline - see above) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100726/a1d55bfc/attachment.htm>
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