> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment With lots of time and trouble you might be able to make this piano sound like something, but I doubt it will sound like a 7=B9 Schimmel ought to. Jus= t replace them, and be assured of a good result, instead of taking hours and hours to prove that the old hammers are a lost cause. BTW, I know you didn=B9t ask, but I luuuuv Ronsen hammers. Ken Z. On 5/20/05 9:43 AM, "HepplerA@aol.com" <HepplerA@aol.com> wrote: > One quick question for you more experienced techs out there. . . > I have a 7' Schimmel on consignment in the store I work for that need= s > some radical changes in the voicing. To the request of the previous owne= r, > the bass and upper treble sections have been voiced down considerably. > Unfortunately, the tooner used fabric softener as well as excessive steam= , as > I'm guessing from the shrinkage. I have just spent a couple weeks with > Boesendorfer in one-on-one voicing training, so I'm comfortable with most > voicing jobs, but this is nasty. The top 1/4" or so is as soft as gym so= cks, > it smells like Downy, and there's even a few scorch marks in the bass. I= s > there any point in trying to save this set of hammers, or should I save m= yself > the agony and just replace them? O.K., now, control your grimaces. :) > =20 > Elizabeth Heppler, R.P.T. > Montana State University - Bozeman >=20 --=20 Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/3a/6f/36/42/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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