This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Barbara: Do you voice the piano with or without the owner's ideas? When I= was still doing in-home tuning, I never voiced a piano unless= the owner said something about the sound. On extreme pianos I'd= ask them if they like the sound and let the conversation go from= there, but just voicing without their saying anything usually= bit me in an inappropriate place! dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt@mail.smu.edu ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@flash.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:56:17 -0500 Subject: Re: Voicing Joe, Yeah, yeah, yeah--I was taught those things, too. This may come= as a shock to some folks, but there *are* times when it's OK to= break the rules (a person just has to know when that is). Trust= me, I know when *I* can pre-voice a piano. I'm talking about= getting it in the ballpark here using whatever method I know= will do the trick. No amount of regulating, hammer/string= matching or tuning (remember, I said the tuning was in the= ballpark) is going to rid a piano of that granite sound. = Besides, I have found when I walk in and perform a miracle,= people are more willing to have me to do the "big job." Barbara Richmond, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Garrett To: pianotech Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:28 PM Subject: Voicing Barbara said: "OK, I confess, if the tuning is in the ball park and the voicing is like granite, I'll do a= "general voicing" before I tune........ Barbara, I was taught to make sure the piano was in good regulation and= tuning BEFORE doing any voicing! I've found, that many "voicing"= problems are resolved by making sure everything is up to snuff,= before reaching for my voicing kit.<G> Also, I've seen some= classes that have proved out that with good regulation,= hammer/string matching and JUST tuning, the piano starts to= sound better!<G> In the same vein, trying to regulate before the= action is in good mechanical condition, is like "herding cats",= IMO. Something to think about. Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f2/f6/c1/6b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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