Fear not, grasshopper

[Alan Barnard]

How high to the crown? Parallel to the molding? How deep? What was the
tonal change? Short clang to long mellow?

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Phil Bondi <phil@philbondi.com>
> To: Newtonville <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 12/16/2005 1:37:05 PM
> Subject: Fear not, grasshopper
>
> Happy Holidays to all.
>
> Today's Lesson: You Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself.
>
> Well, not really fear..but certainly uncertainty.
>
> Yamaha GH-1 - gets played 7 nights a week - 4 hrs. a night 
> professionally. You can imagine what the key bushings might feel like, 
> but I'm going to deal with voicing today.
>
> I service the piano every other week, and you can imagine how those 
> hammers might be sounding right about now, even with a watchful eye and 
> sanding paddle..but here comes the rub:
>
> The Brubecks are doing a NYE show in that room..using that piano. Having 
> met Darius last year for the same function, he knew that this wasn't a 
> concert instrument, but was still grateful for a good sounding piano to 
> work with.
>
> One year later, and the same hammers..you can imagine..
>
> Well today, I combined 2 techniques with, I think, excellent results:
>
> Locking Vice Grips and a single needle tool. I'm of the single-needle 
> persuasion, always have been. What I did was squeeze the hammer and lock 
> it..then proceeded to insert the needle in between the grooves, and just 
> outside of the grooves. I did the procedure for the tenor and treble 
> hammers. For the bass, I was a bit more liberal with the single needle, 
> but the area of concern was the same.
>
> The Result?
>
> I think Darius will be pleasantly surprised when he hears this little 
> piano in 2 weeks - so will the piano player tonight!
>
> I'm wondering though - with all this play this piano gets, would you 
> "wurzenize" the Front Rail Punchings on the fly? I'm thinking about it - 
> shouldn't take no more than 1 hr. and the feel at the bottom of the 
> stroke will be greatly improved.
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
>
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