[CAUT] Voicing a Yamaha C-7

[Ed Sutton]

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Soak the hammers with an alcohol/water solution  (about 20% water) and let them dry suspended with the striking surface down.  File back to shape and test the sound.  Repeat the soak if needed.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Clarence Zeches 
To: caut@ptg.org
Sent: 3/21/2005 4:11:01 PM 
Subject: [CAUT] Voicing a Yamaha C-7


I have a college department chair who wants their almost new (2 years old) Yamaha C-7 voiced down to get a more “German” sound.  The college built a new performance center and one of the trustees of the college, who happens to own a Yamaha dealership, gave the school a new C-7.  The department chair didn’t want that piano in the auditorium but that is where the trustee wanted it to go.  
 
I think the Auditorium seats about 350 and has fairly good acoustics.  The room is used for theater performances as well.  She complains that the piano is very bright and overpowers a vocalist, even if accompanist uses the shift pedal.  
 
I guess my question is can I ever get that “German” sound out of Yamaha hammers?  If so, what is my best approach with the needles?
 
Clarence Zeches
 
 
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