[CAUT] FW: Voicing

Horace Greeley hgreeley@stanford.edu
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:00:52 -0700



Hi, Don!

At 03:53 AM 9/12/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Keena,
>
>I've had good luck with ordinary hair spray--used very sparingly. Pump
>applicator preferred.

Works well...

Rubenstein's old trick was to put hairspray on the keys so that, in 
sweating, he would not slip....not a bad idea, in a sense, just the very 
old Ned to clean up.

Best.

Horace






>At 11:31 AM 12/09/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >  Keena,
> >
> > You've gotten an extremely thorough post from Horace (which I'm definitely
> >going to save, Horace!) :-) but if this isn't already too late and if
> >you're very limited on time, here
> > might be a solution from a post I'd saved from Charles Ball at UT/Austin.
> >(Although I
> >"" solution Horace mentions or use a VERY thin solution of
> > the other!)
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > ""    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.
> >
> >  It is also great for lazy technicians like me, who do not want to have to
> >do extensive voicing after juicing!
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > ====================================================
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Avery
> > University of Houston
> >
> > I have a Hamburg Steinway D to tune for a concert and the Artist would
> > like to have the bass hammers brighter but not louder.
> >
> > Any thoughts are appreciated.
> >
> > Keena Keel,RPT
> >
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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