A new Boston? Find out who the tech/s were before you and get in touch with them. Great picts, but the "tracks" on the hammers don't look that new (like a year or two old from regular playing) and the ones on the shoulder I have never seen. Maybe we are on the verge of something new in hammer voicing or they are simply the result of a hack considering the assumption only experienced and factory approved techs could get to new Bostons at least until sale. ---rm > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of Michael Musial > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:39 PM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: voicing tracks? > > Hi > > I looked at a new Boston grand today. It was just delivered and the > customer is complaining about a lack of power especially in the tenor. > I > had to agree that there was no ~bite~ at all when played forte. The > hammers > sound over-voiced. I took the D4 hammer and shoe-shined the surface, > packed > it by hitting it with the voicing tool handle, and also ironed the > thing.. > it helped a little but it came nowhere near what the customer or myself > would find acceptable. Pushing my thumbnail into the side of the hammers > barely left an impression so the hammers seem pretty hard. > > I observed strange marks on the hammers that I do not remember ever > seeing > before. They are parallel lines running down the keyboard side of the > hammers surface. On very close inspection I see some needle holes in > the > lines. I have posted a picture of this on the web... > > http://neesium.com/flux/tracks.html > > Is there some kind of tool that may have been used to cause this or do > the > hammers come out of the factory like this? > > Thanks for any help!! > > Michael Musial RPT > Dixon CA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's > FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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