---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 15-aug-04, at 8:32, Piannaman@aol.com wrote: > Ilex, > > I certainly wouldn't put myself in the same league as Andre, Isaac, or=20= > Dale, Oh come on Dave, I am just another jerk with a tuning hammer! (; >)) > but I do feel I have something to contribute here. > > =46rom personal experience with many, many Kawais, I will say that = yes,=20 > they all tend to sound very soft at the beginning. =A0And I have seen=20= > ten year old Kawais(GE1s and 2s, similar quality to the GE20, older=20 > models) that started out that way as well, but have become really=20 > strident sounding over time. =A0I have had many requests to voice them=20= > waaaay down. =A0The hammers end up compacting = substantially--especially=20 > the one in the Russian piano teacher's music school that gets played 4=20= > hours a day by her advanced students. =A0 > > I guarantee you, if the =A0piano gets played a reasonable amount, the=20= > hammers will harden to the point that you'll need to needle them on a=20= > fairly regular basis. > > I would avoid putting any hardener on them. =A0Time is the best = hardener=20 > of all. > > Dave Stahl > > In a message dated 8/14/04 10:44:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20 > i1ex@earthlink.net writes: > > > greetings! > > YES those who are easily exasperrated by newbies can skip this if=20 > necessary. > but up until now i've successfully avoided lacquering hammers and=20 > managed to > brighten everything via fine-filing and ironing hammers. a good chunk=20= > of my > experience and schooling has been on asian pianos that rarely if ever=20= > needed > brightening anyway. however, i have a customer who just bought a kawai=20= > ge-20 > and wants it to sound like a pearl river - ?!???!? so, i'm heading=20 > into the > realm of lacquering hammers. what are some tips and things to avoid?=20= > what > brands/types do you recommend for lacquer/thinner? btw, this is a > last-minute service request, so i need to be able to get my supplies > locally, at a hardware store or wherever. > > sorry if this is a repeat question and i'm showing my newbie hide=20 > here; i > really have tried searching the ptg website for any archives or=20 > articles and > it's not so friendly in that sense. or i'm an idiot - completely=20 > possible! > thanks in advance for the help! > > Exactly! friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3881 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5b/b0/71/ac/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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