Voicing for a big, dead hall

[Nichols]

Barbara,
     The lacquer and needling treatments posted have been terrific. 
Remember though, also, that to really get the most power, "voicing" starts 
at the keybed. Make sure the frame is bedded, and that the piano is 
grounded. Either on castors or with blocks under the stage trucks. Make 
sure hammer travel is as long as you can get away with, and the hammers hit 
the strings .... perfectly...      It's like a race car, y'know. The 
difference is in the tweaking, and every little bit helps. Oh.... speaking 
of which.... consider the add-on belly brace from PianoTek, also. Another 
"edge".  Point is.... don't always rely on the poor drunken hammers to get 
you there.

Have fun,
Guy

At 08:33 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Ed & David (and any others who may have something to say),
>
>Thank you *so* much!   Your info was just what I was looking for.
>
>The small hall (where I worked previously) seated 600--what you heard at the
>piano was pretty close to what was heard out in the hall.  This one seats
>almost 3500--a bit of a change from what I've done before.    :-)
>
>
>Barbara Richmond
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