This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yeah, I'm with Dave on this. Forget the hammer soaking unless= you really want a can-o-worms... David I. Original message From: David Love To: 'College and University Technicians' Received: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:17:58 -0800 Subject: RE: [CAUT] Voicing a Yamaha C-7 I guess the question is what is a German sound? You can= certainly voice a Yamaha down and a new C7 should be able to= produce a warmer and rounder tone than you are apparently= getting if voiced properly. The best approach, i.e. where to= stick the needles, will depend on the goal and the current= condition of the hammers. The usual process of creating= resilience (springiness) in the shoulders, work toward the= strike point to take out harshness on a firm blow and trim it= out with sugar coating and lots of single string needling to= smooth out the attack should work. I=92ve found the new C-7= hammers to be very workable and I don=92t think you will need to= change the hammers or resort to more radical treatments of= soaking with hammers with alchohol which tends to change the= structure of the hammer a bit too much for my liking. I would= certainly start with needles before resorting to more drastic= measures. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On= Behalf Of Clarence Zeches Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:11 PM To: caut@ptg.org 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 =93German=94 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=92t 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 =93German=94 sound out of= Yamaha hammers? If so, what is my best approach with the= needles? Clarence Zeches ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/90/e6/73/09/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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