Hi Dale, Although recordings often can't reflect how a piano really sounds in person, it'd be nice if you were able to make a recording so we could get a taste. - John > Hello to all > A few weeks ago I reported on a project of thinning a very thick > 30 year old Yamaha G-2 Soundboard. (See post below ) FYI a G-2 > is 5 ft. 7 inches. > This piano was re strung using Arledge bass wire & mapes Gold > plain wire. The crown was adequate as was bearing. > We used the Ronsen Wurzen felt. The tonal outcome was beyond my > expectations The overall balance clarity, power & tonal response > was drastically & wonderfully different than the original boring & > vanilla type sound this piano has always had. It is a tremendous > advantage to have had opportunity to despise this particular piano > for 30 years & because I know it so well the subjective expereince > is greatly dimninished and objective observations become far more > focused. Really cool. > In my shop the acoustic atmosphere is very dry & the tone is > very transparent so it's a challenge to make every thing satisfy my > ear in thsi environment. If it does then the tonal output only > improves in the actual environment. Well.. usually. > This set of Wurzen felt was uncharacteristically soft & the piano > required a failry firm hammer density. SO it wasn't the usual hang > em on & it's time to rock & roll. However I did have the > oppurtunity to use Steinway style type voicing techniques in a > Japanese pianos & I tell you the results were Humbly beautiful & > satisfying. It frankly took a lot of juicing but in the end I could > stick needles in the hammers though it was not necessary. It > required several applications to get where I wanted to get tonally > & though many of you despise this technique the tone from this > method is hard to duplicate. The bass has bite & power , & the > treble has sustain power & dynamic round tone that the too thick > original board could not hope to produce. The sound floats out of > the piano with a shimmer & hangs in mid air. How's that for > subjective? grin > This piano doesn't sound like any Yamaha I know & the customer > who has owned it's entire life is a fine player. I'd say she was > overjoyed & thrilled to say the least. I truly wish some of you > were here to experience this fun moment in time today. > Life is good > Blessings > Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060321/858e5374/attachment.html
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