OK, not that it really matters as I agree with Chris's comment about where the lacquer should go (on the crown between the strikepoint and the molding), but what does that prove exactly? Are the grooves on the backside because of a hard blow, soft blow or just a blown boring job. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of itunepiano at aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:33 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D The string grooves on this particular Steinway were 1mm off center to the back check side of the hammers, which was the softer, un-lacquered side. -----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:48 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D I would think that on a hard blow the hammer would under center because of the flexing of the shank hitting more on the proximal side. Similarly on a soft blow, the hammer would hit more on the backside, though I suppose it depends ultimately on how accurately the hammers were bored in the first place. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org <mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org?> ] On Behalf Of Michael Wathen Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:18 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D Fred Drasche was a career Steinway Concert Technician. He used to refer to the front side of the hammer as the "carry side" and the backside of the hammer was the attack side. He believed that on a fast blow the hammer would overcenter the strike point on the hammer and hit string on the backside (attack side). Similarily, on very soft to medium blows it would be the front side (carry). If you want to produce more attack sound then, you place more hardener on the attack side of the hammer. He also said you only get one chance to apply lacquer. This is because the lacquer is a barrier unto itself. A subsequent application will not penetrate to a deeper level within the hammer. Michael Wathen ----- Original Message ----- From: itunepiano at aol.com To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:06 PM Subject: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D During a 3 day Concert Prep on a 10 year old D, I added Lacquer to power up the piano. Lacquer would not soak into the key side of the hammers but did soak easily into the backcheck side of the hammers. I applied the lacquer on the lmid shoulders only, not from the side of the hammer. Is it an accepted voicing technique to lacquer one side of the hammer and not the other? What are the advantages or disadvantages? Bob. _____ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=ao lcmp00050000000003> ! _____ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=ao lcmp00050000000003> ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080105/bcfd94db/attachment.html
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