Usually hammer makers go to great lengths to ensure their product produces an acceptable tone - what a way to disrespect a lot of research and effort! To deep needle 9 big holes into the hammers before they are hung, without even listening to them first, is like using using a crescent wrench to turn all the tuning pins a little bit before you sit down to tune it! The idea of voicing is to produce tone and power, both on light and heavy blows. You don't just sit down to "voice" a piano, you tone regulate it, and for that one needs to use their EARS! Whatever it takes technique-wise to produce the best sound possible from the piano should not be the issue; only the result! And this from the person still experimenting with shaping hammers using an electric shaver! Carol Beigel Greenbelt, Maryland about 4 weeks away from Grandmotherhood!
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