Hearing problems/hard hammers

[Barbara Richmond]

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Aha!  Isn't that interesting!  That must explain my inability to open up =
the hammers and the weenie, nasal sound (my opinion), which has been a =
problem since the piano was new.  Actually, I thought I did a pretty =
decent job of getting rid of the plastic hiss yesterday.  From the =
beginning I've never been able to do nice, controlled needling on the =
shoulders--I'd have to use the full force of my heavy voicing tool with =
1 needle and pray I didn't hit my thumb.  :-O   I certainly never would =
have guessed that these hammers would have needed hardening in the first =
place. =20

BTW, I contacted the previous tech (in a friendly manner) to try to find =
out how much keytop solution had been used.  He said not much.  Earlier, =
he had said that he used the solution to make the piano growl.  Well, I =
guess we all have our definition of growling, but I think hissing or =
sizzle is different than growling.  Though I believe a piano this size =
should indeed be capable of growling, I don't think it should <always> =
growl.

Thank you for that information, Horace.  I won't waste my time or my =
customer's money on any more voicing attempts.

And thanks to the rest of you for your thoughtful contributions.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Horace Greeley=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:49 PM
  Subject: Re: Hearing problems/hard hammers


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  FWIW, most Seilers come with hammers that are not only too hard to =
begin with.  They also seem to be hardened at the factory (with what =
seems like lacquer) to a point that is indefensible.  So, you are =
dealing not only with whatever the other technician applied; but also =
whatever was done at the factory/dealer to begin with.  I would like to =
recommend the Wurzen hammers to start with; and do so with the caveat =
that there are some instruments/makers/models which seem to require a =
harder hammer to get much going in the way of sound.  YMMV.

  Good luck.

  Best.

  Horace




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