Sounds like the opposite line of marketing that Steinway gives when the complaint is the hammers are to soft and we like it that way. Or each acoustic situation is different and so the piano needs to be voiced for the exact location. While true at its core I see it as a cop out. I have often imagined how long I'd be in business if I delivered my rebuilds with those kind of lame excuses. Really! Lastly my beef with this pre-occupation with power," all sections of the scale sound like artillery"... Love that Nick...is amazing to me since most pianos,(90%) go to homes where music is trying to made without the loss of hearing.. The solutions are suck it up,try alcohol and water, needle till blue in face and then suffer when it rebounds. How much are the paying to deal with such things. Sorry ,just burned out on this kind of thing. Sorry no help here. Ok...... hammer transplant....flame suit on! Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom piano restoration Ronsen piano hammers-sales R & D and tech support Sitka soundboard panels 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Gravagne <ngravagne at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 9:14 am Subject: [pianotech] Voicing the new Mason & Hamlins List, A store client now floors four new Mason & Hamlins of different models. They all seem to possess an inherent high quality tonal envelope and sustain (but tricky to fully assess as they are). Tone via hammers, however ------ all sections of the scale sound like artillery, and the melody section more like a gun shot in a tile bathroom. Bruce Clark at M&H informs that the factory prefers to ship these pianos out "on the bright side as most technicians are more comfortable taking the tone down rather than building it up". Obviously I want to retain appropriate power, but at the same time uncover the inherent musicality. I understand that M&H uses custom Renner hammers. Should I expect a ton of arm-straining needling ahead, or do these hammers respond relatively quickly and easily? Anyway, I would like to hear from those of you who have voiced these new pianos. Any tips or advice would be appreciated (short of "rip out the hammers and install something else" ---- a non-option). Just suck it up? Can anyone weigh in on the use of multi-needled voicing pliers? And where are these obtained? In any case, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks -- Nick Gravagne, RPT AST Mechanical Engineering -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100928/31ad20b1/attachment.htm>
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