Wim, It's normal. Play a piano for any length of time and the voicing changes to greater or lesser degrees. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. It sounds like the voicing on this Shigeru (not "Seguri") had not been stabilized after the factory service. Nut, pay attention, and I'll bet that on your next visit you'll notice a couple erratic notes. William R. Monroe On Jun 13, 2010, at 1:07 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > I'm sorry, but I haven't been following the recent posts on voicing, > so if my question has been answered, please forgive me, and I'll > read the archives > > One of my regular customers bought a new Seguri Kawai SG2 a year and > a half ago. Shortly after she got it, someone from the factory came > and did the concert prep, including voicing. Six months ago I tuned > it for the first time, and noticed several notes could have used > some tweeking as far as the voicing was concerned. She could not > hear it until I pointed it out to her, and we agreed that I would do > that at the next tuning, which was today. But as I was tuned, I > could not hear any notes that needed voicing. > > Back in my Alabama days, someone brought this up for discussion, and > I think I remembered reading that voicing can change over a period > of time, especially if there is a lot of humidity changes. But that > is not what is happening here. Unlike most homes in Hawaii, this > customer keep her house air conditioned all year long. > > So what else could be happening here? Or is it normal for hammers to > go in and out like this? > > Wim > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100613/b62de6e5/attachment.htm>
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