Another Voicing Tool !

[Kenneth W. Burton]

	Regards to the list:

	At our latest Chapter meeting, Roger Jolly demonstrated his method
of using steam to soften hammers. He also uses a damp cloth (barely damp)
and irons it with his electric hammer voicing iron. After the infusion of
steam, he then irons it without the cloth in order to dry it and restore a
bit of "edge" to the tone, if the steam has taken it too far.
	He advocates this approach as a means of controlling the use of
steam and quality of tone he is looking for. (He was demonstrating on a
concert Baldwin piano.)

	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 JElving@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 97-03-06 19:05:53 EST, Jeff Franson writes:
>
> << I have used steam generated from a garmet steamer to soften hammers the
>  heat helps expand the wool fibers plus it does not take long to treat. I
>  would like to know if anyone else has had experence, good and the bad.
>   >>
>
> There are a couple of different ways to go about this.
>
> My favorite is the method outlined by Steve Brady in the PTJ just this last
> year. It uses a *hot pot* tea kettle. It is very good for those hard hammers
> that we all encounter, and after you get used to how much to do on each
> hammer, is very uniform.
>
> The other way that I know someone else does is to take a damp cloth and lay
> on the hammers and then run over them with an iron. To me it would seem less
> controlable that the teapot method.
>
> John Elving, RPT
> Sacramento, CA
>