Needling Technique

[Bill Ballard]

At 1:00 AM -0500 6/16/01, jolly roger wrote:
>Hi Dan,
>              I do a certain amount of pre voicing of Abel hammers on the
>bench before hanging, then a 330 grit shoe shine to remove all needle
>marks.  The amount of voicing after, is reduced to minimal in most cases.
>Roger

Yo, Roger,

Can you elaborate. Are "all the needle marks" in the prevoicing to 
make the sound warmer or brighter? Any Abels I've ever listened to 
were warm and lush right out of the box. Do I hear you saying that 
shoulder needling will send the hammers to the bright (or at least 
firm up their focus)? And that the amount of shoulder needle is large 
enough (and predictable enough) that it's more suitably done before 
hanging?


Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

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