Voicing

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:38:39 -0700


Yeah, yeah, yeah...your always bragging about your soundboards...;-]

David I.



     ----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
     From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net>
     To: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
     Received: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:26:09 -0500
     Subject: Re: Voicing


     >>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really know the hammers you were
     >>hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I was talked into
     >>(only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a Baldwin 6000. Those
     >>suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So rather
     >>than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the
     >>lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them
     >>once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do
     >>anything until I'd had them in the piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here,
     >>or missing vital information?
     >>
     >>Alan Barnard

     >Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs down. I don't think it's
     >knowing the hammer as much as knowing the hammer in relation to the scaling
     >and soundboard assembly of the specific piano.

     >Ron N

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