---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ric Good answer. I second this & add don't let fear stand in your way it's really quite difficult to destroy a set of either kinds of hammers, well... unless your just a blithering Dolt . That said the goal is for an improved tone even if , in your own ears, it's not perfect. People/clients who really have ears to hear will except any improvement as a pleasure in the right direction. Truth be told there are sooo many lousy sounding pianos in the field because no one is asking the questions you are or at least not bothering to stab a few needles etc to risk for something possibly great! How I wish the bad habit of tune & run to the next tuning could be remedied. It's not real customer service IMHO. I think I just changed the topic. Oh My! Dale Erwin Hi Brian The answer to your question is really a lot more involved then what a simple reply from folks here can give you. Much depends on what kind of approach you are going to use, and what kind of hammer you have to work with. For example, the one needle vs three needle question often boils down to either what phase of voicing you are in or whether or not you are fine voicing lacquered hammers or not. How deep, where, and when to needle depends on what you are trying to accomplish, and again on what kind of hammer you are dealing with. A hammer soaked in lacqure will have no real benifit from deep shoulder needling as a general rule, but a hammer that needs needling down requires such treatment. A full treatise is a bit beyond a one post answer. My best advice is to read through the archives and join your local ptg chapter, attend meetings and find a voicing teacher who can help you get started. And, as Phil pointed out... dont hesitate to try your hand after reading. In the end voicing is learned by doing more then anything else. Cheers RicB ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4b/f1/17/d3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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