---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David, I had a similar situation recently where I "warmed up" the tone of a Hamburg Steinway D in a 1200 seat hall for Andr=E9 Watts in a solo recital, and two weeks later needed it brought back up a notch or two for Murray Perahia for use with a chamber orchestra in a 3000 seat hall. Take a small piece of music wire, perhaps 17 or 18 gauge, and dip it in your favorite keytop solution. Then quickly lay it across a string groove in one of the hammers you want to "brighten". Repeat this process for each string groove. Two or three applications may be necessary. This will give just a bit more edge, without any big voicing consequences, since the hardener does not penetrate beyond the surface of the felt, and without any change to the UC voicing. When the piano is returned to its permanent home, you can lightly file away the residue, or just give the hammers a light brush or two with a suede brush and you are back in business. This works like a charm with the hard compressed hammers one finds in Asian and European instruments, because the basic foundation of firm felt is already there, and it is only the surface that needs a boost. It is also great for lazy technicians like me, who do not want to have to do extensive voicing after juicing! Good luck, Charles >We got our new Yamaha CFIIIS 3 weeks ago, and it is very nice. Nice >round tone perfect for our 500 seat recital hall. > >Now, next week it will be moved to the Meyerson Symphony Hall to be >used in a concerto. Our artist-in-residence likes the sound as it >is now for our hall, but in competing with the orchestra next week, >wants some extra "zip" to the top octave or so. > >Can anyone thing of an appropriate way to voice this up, then >successfully bring it back down after the concerto performance? >Unless I hear some better idea, I'll probably keytop the last octave >or so, then steam it down when it gets back. I really hate doing >this to a brand new piano, but.... On the other hand, I guess this >is why Yamaha sells replacement hammers! > >dave > > >David M. Porritt ><mailto:dporritt@swbell.net>dporritt@swbell.net >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 -- Charles Ball, RPT School of Music University of Texas at Austin ckball@mail.utexas.edu ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/76/ef/92/e2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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