A few times people have used the word 'sugercoat'. What do you mean? I assume you don't mean coat with sugar. Scott Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "SUSAN P SWEARINGEN" <ssclabr8@flash.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 8:07 Subject: Re: hammer softener? | I'm a fairly new technician and I feel my own piano (a Yamaha U1) is a | little to bright and harsh. Using a 3-needle voicer with the needles | extended 1/16", I sugarcoated the strike points in the treble hammers and | boy, what a huge differnece it made. No more "ping" and a much softer and | richer sound. It only took 5 minutes but the piano now sounds like a new | instrument. So, why use softener when a little sugarcoating seems to do the | trick? Maybe the softener lasts longer. |
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