Try a section by applying ¾” Binder Clips (aprox 1 gram) to the shanks just behind the hammer head, opening points up, comes with removable handles, but go slowly and don’t crack the arms. Simply reinstall handles to remove. Chris Solliday From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:51 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hamburg Steinway Hammer Voicing (Up) - filing One other thing you might try is adding weight. Since the upper end is fine you can quickly and easily add binder clips to the lower end of the piano tapering the added weight into the area where the tone is adequate. More mass in the hammer at the lower end will add some oomph and you can easily remove them if it doesn’t work. In fact you can simply try a small section first. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Israel Stein Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:48 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Hamburg Steinway Hammer Voicing (Up) - filing Ted, Thanks for the information. I filed these hammers very aggressively before we got started voicing - just as you describe below. They are very "Eggy" right now. But I'll try taking some more material off the bass shoulders and see what happens... The problem here is that this is a concert hall piano and really has to project. So far all I am getting is much improved tone - but not much added "oomph". Israel >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:18:35 -0700 "Kidwell, Ted W" <kidwellt at saclink.csus.edu> wrote: >Hi Israel, >Your predicament reminds me of the Hamburg B I just worked up this month. I hung new Hamburg hammers. I gently filed and polished them as I always do with new hammers. I found, just as you did, that starting around C3 and down the tone was just weak and unfocused. Kind of like NY hammers that need lacquering. It got dramatically worse at the break. >These hammers were kind of round and bulbous. So I did a more agressive hammer shaping to establish a more eggy shape to the hammers. I repolished and liked the results in the tenor but was still not satisfied in the bass. So I did a much more aggressive shaping, taking material mostly off the high shoulders of the bass hammers. The sound absolutely came alive and I then started in with my needling. >My client is a very sophisticated pianist and singer. He is absolutely thrilled with the sound. The only liquid assistance I supplied was on the top three notes. >So you might try this before you get out the fluids. I hope it works as well for you as it did for me. >Ted -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100729/6cb73563/attachment.htm>
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