voicing tracks?

[Michael Musial]

>the soft tone you and your customer have heard is not related to the
 >needle marks, but the fact that these needle marks show and the tone is
 >very soft makes me think that something else has happened.
 >As long as the hammers have not been needled or steamed or wet on the
 >very tip, it should be possible to file them some to get the tone
 >back. Use 600 grit paper or higher, and use a lot of speed and
 >pressure to file up and over the hammers.Try supporting the
 >mid-treble hammers and gang-filing them this way, and see if they don't
 >come back.

As I mentioned, I filed a hammer, packed it with a voicing tool handle ~and~ 
ironed it, with minimal results.

Thanks for the info Don!!  My initial reaction was that it might be a 
factory thing due to the uniformity of the lines.  The fact that they 
usually appear after being exposed to moisture helps explain the dead sound. 
Also. I did not take notice when I was at the piano but upon looking at the 
photo, the strike point sure looks unusually fluffy, as if something wet was 
applied.  (I forgot my reading glasses that day..)

Michael Musial RPT

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