Voicing the CFlll

[Richard Brekne]

Phil

To begin with... not all hammers are equal.... The hammers used on the 
CF111 are certainly not going to be of same quality to those used on 
your standard U1 school upright yes .... ??

Secondly... its not just one person who has advised you against steam 
and laquer.... its virtually everyone who responded.... yes ?? Even Mr 
Steam himself our own Roger the Jolly Roger !! :)

This is a superb quality instrument.... several hundred slices above 
your usual everyday Baldwin Acrosonic. You opened your post with 
something along the lines of....  " a chance for some REAL voicing".... 
and this was a correct assesment. Take the opportunity if you feel you 
are ready.... but be rather carefull then brash. 

Master Concert voicing is simply not something you pick up without 
further ado.  Follow Andre's advice, as several have suggested. If you 
do... you will learn something and you will come out looking good and 
you will next time around be even better prepared to create that 
beautiful sound you are looking for.

Cheers
RicB


Phil Bondi wrote:

> Thanks as always for the tips and suggestions.
>
> There's been a few of you who say stay away from the steam..and my 
> question is...why?
>
> Isn't the Yamaha hammer the same hammer that, in my experiences, has 
> shown a dramatic affect on tone and voice using this technique? I'm 
> not talking about making the hammers mush..I'm talking about 1second 
> at the shoulders to start to loosen things up.
>
> I don't mean to stir the pot here, but when someone tells me no, I 
> would like to know the reason why your opinion is no, or why your 
> experiences say no..I really prefer the experienced voice over the 
> opinion, but I will listen to both, obviously.
>
> ..and yes, FFF on this instrument sounds distorted to me..my test for 
> tuning stability involves hard-playing block triads played 
> chromatically for 5 measures..it's not sounding good to my ears right 
> now..MF all the way down to PPP sounds solid and consistent, outside 
> of the voice itself.
>
> Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
>
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