This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment As Dave N. said there aren't many books. Baldassin has a pamphlet that you can get from Renner on the Renner Blue but the information is sparse. My suggestion would be to attend one of Mannino's classes on voicing the Kawai hammer. He's giving one in Sacramento in February. You do have to listen to a little bit of Kawai hype (sorry Don) but it's a very useful and informative class that will tell you quite a bit about voicing that particular hammer and is applicable to many other hammers. Often he does it in tandem with one of Kawai's master techs so it can be an opportunity to watch and listen to them work as well. Brooks also gives a class for his Abels but I find his techniques are best used only on his own hammers. Anyway, the conventions are useful for this type of thing. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Piannaman@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:12 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Good book on voicing...? List, What I'd really like for Christmas is a good book or video on voicing. I feel am getting the hang of it, and have come up with some good results, but I tend to be timid about over-puncturing hammers. And I'd certainly like to see a demo of battery voicing before I bludgeon someone's nice, new grand piano with sharp objects. Diagrams and graphic illustrations would be good: where to stick needles, angle of travel, depth of insertion, and for what effect, etc. Of particular interest to me would be "voicing up." The recent thread about fine-grit hammer sanding had some interesting contributions. Does anyone on this list know of a comprehensive text on this topic? I'm looking forward to the publishing of Andre's book....:-) I'm on pins and needles (sorry, couldn't resist) awaiting an autographed copy. Just thought I'd inquire, Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a9/56/ca/36/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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