Voicing Help

[David Ilvedson]

Certainly, I should have mentioned that point.    If the needles go in easily then move up, but I suspect a U3 hasn't had a lot of shoulder work at the factory?   Not sure on that, but the ones I see have firm felt.   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 5/5/2008 1:57:36 AM
Subject: Voicing Help


>An excellent observation.

>That said... assuming the shoulders are alreadly needled out and there 
>is nothing more to accomplish from further needling... hammers do get 
>packed beyond the point where voicing can do more then simply quite them 
>down.

>If you feel no resistance to a deep 8 mm three needle tool from the 
>lower shoulder up to say 2-3 mm away from the crown area.. then your 
>hammers are simply used up.

>Otherwise... do as mentioned below, finish with nice hammer mating and 
>single string voicing.

>Cheers
>RicB


>    Not that I'm pushing Yamaha hammers, but many higher compression
>    hammers ( Yamaha, Renner...etc....NOT NORDISKA et al/AKA rock...)
>    work fabulously with lower shoulder needling.   They need it and the
>    "bloom...projection"  will happen.   These are "HIGH" quality
>    hammers, not to be scoffed at, but worked with.   For me a week with
>    Yamaha installing new C7 hammers in a CFIII was an eye opener.   The
>    projection/tone above the strings that happened with opening up the
>    shoulders with new hammers, may well be common knowledge to
>    many...but it wasn't to me.   Projection had never really
>    connected.   "Tone above the strings" as my Yamaha teacher
>    said...DID...what Julia needs to do is straight-forward voicing.  
>    NOT at strike-point exclusively and certainly not with steam...IMHO

>    David Ilvedson, RPT
>    Pacifica, CA  94044