Voicing reply

[dpitsch]

I can quickly think of a few reasons why a technician should voice a fine new
piano such as a Mason & Hamlin:
1) The room at the Mason & Hamlin factory where the piano was voiced sounds
different than the room where the piano currently is housed.
2) The piano has been played.  All pianos change with playing.  Voicing is
adversely affected by playing.
3) The owner likes a different tone than what the factory voicer liked.
4) Maybe, just perhaps, the voicing was not finished when the piano left the
factory.

pianoman wrote:

> Hello David,
> Why would anyone think he could change the voicing to the better on a fine
> new piano such as this?  Who are these people?
> It seems like that would be like taking a Lexus from the showroom and
> trying to do a tuneup on it.
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
> pianoman@inlink.com
> "I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".
>
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> > From: David ilvedson <ilvey@a.crl.com>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Voicing
> > Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 5:28 AM
> >
> > I have recently taken on a new customer with a new Mason &
> > Hamlin Grand, Model A.  The previous technician has apparently
> > needled the hammers(Renner blue) to death and the tone is very
> > lacking.  Any suggestions as ways to bring them back up.  I have
> > lightly filed and lacquered(6 to 1) but still not much
> > improvement.
> >
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
> > ilvey
> > Pacifica, CA
> > ilvey@a.crl.com