On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:59 PM, David Love wrote: > In these situations forgo the rule about no crown voicing and just > deep > needle all the way around the hammer including directly into the > crown. For those extra hard pressed hammers that nothing will penetrate, one method that often makes a positive difference is use of #10 or #12 needles across the crown. I have posted photos earlier of the tool I use, which spaces the needles 1 to 2 mm apart, four or five of them, protruding 3 or so mm. I have added a simple but effective handle (photo attached). I usually do three passes, one at an angle toward the player, one away, and one directly into the crown. I find this is particularly effective in the high treble, where use of a #5 or #6 needle really tears up the felt, but the little needles penetrate and cause very little damage - but do take away the nasty ping attack sound. The little needles also can help open up shoulders for larger needles to penetrate deeper. They press in quite readily. Caveat: don't "roll" the tool in the felt, press straight in. Those little needles are easy to break, but are plenty strong if pressed straight. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played." Schnabel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P4180754.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 19189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100612/81a4c992/attachment-0001.jpg>
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