Hammer Voicing

[Les Smith]

>
> Les,
>
> RE:  The single best
> article I've ever seen on the subject was written by John Travis
> many years ago. I don't know if the article is still available, or
> even in print anymore, but if not, it should be. In it John covered
> all facets of voicing and, as I remember it, also included some ex-
> cellent pictures as well. If it's no longer in print and you can't
> find a copy of it, try asking an older tech. If he has a copy, it's
> woth reading, photocopying and keeping.
>
> *******************
>
>    Would that be the chapter in his book LET'S TUNE UP entitled "The Art of
> Tone-Regulating", page 322, published in 1968?
>    It would seem that I fall under the category of "older tech" you
> mentioned, if this is the article (book) to which you're referring.
>
> Avery Todd, RPT
> University of Houston
> atodd@uh.edu

Hi, Avery. We may be giving away our ages here, but I believe that the
article pre-dated the book! Perhaps he later incorporated it as a chapter.
I hate to admit it, but I really wasn't too thrilled with LTU when it first
came out, but I read it amyway, figuring that anything John had to say
was worth listening to. I use his "Guide to Restringing" as a reference even
though I mike every string I take out of a piano. Sometimes even manufact-
urers don't pay attention to their own stringing scales and plate markings.
BTW, instead of older tech, I should have used the phrase "more experienced",
huh? :)

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net