[pianotech] Tone building in the modern piano

[Paul T Williams]

Yup, Darrell in Stanwood Washington.



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Date:
05/20/2010 11:47 AM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Tone building in the modern piano




the riblets that Del Fandrich sells
Isn't it Darrell Fandrich who offers the riblets? 

Alan Eder



-----Original Message-----
From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, May 20, 2010 6:31 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tone building in the modern piano

Don't forget the riblets that Del Fandrich sells. I think he advertises 
them
in the back of the journal.

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY

Terre Haute IN 47802

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
Behalf
Of Mike Spalding
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:16 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tone building in the modern piano



Tony Caught wrote:
> (snip)
> You as a tuner would have to be as unsatisfied as I am with the modern
piano
> and the manufactured faults that makes it mediocre in tone, so leak
(weak?)in some
> places and strong in others.
>
> How can we make them better.
>
> Not the Steinways or the Bose's but the Samicks and Pearl River stuff.
>
> Tony
>
>
> Tony Caught
> acaught at internode.on.net
Tony,

One way to make them better is to do the finishing work that seems more 
and more to be omitted by the factories and the dealers.  Case in 
point:  A newish Bergmann (Young Chang), the owner complained of a very 
woody, weak and uneven tone in the top end.  An hour and a half later it 
was singing:  Key easing and other friction elimination, filing some 
felt off of the excessively fat and heavy hammers, and re-hanging a 
handful of hammers that were striking too close to the v-bar (and were 
visually obviously out of line with their neighbors).  A sad fact of the 
modern piano is that the supply chain can't afford to do this kind of 
work and stay in business.  They are what they are when they come off 
the assembly line.  Some of this tone building stuff is the obvious 
basics, it's not rocket science, but it's necessary to get each step 
right before going on to the next.

Mike



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