Could these be jaw marks from vice-grip "voicing"? dp David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu -----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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