[pianotech] Yamaha Hammer Suggestion

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Feb 4 22:56:11 MST 2010


David Ilvedson wrote:
> No offense to anyone in particular...OK?...but this idea
> that any piano hammer can be hung and sounds great right
> off the bat...well, I've got a problem with that.   I think
> we need a little more education in voicing...

Voicing is damage control, minimizing the remaining mismatch 
between the choice of hammers for a given soundboard and 
string scale. To me, spending a considerable amount of time 
voicing a new hammer set means that set wasn't the optimal 
choice for that piano.
Ron N


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