That is a great idea...one more thing for the voicing kit... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 3/16/2010 10:54:35 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform >Kent Webb carries masking tape and quickly lays down a piece. Instead of taking it >off every time he adds another as needed, then after the work is done he quickly >rips them off. I've done it this way for a year now. You can write with a pencil and >even put notes there ("extra juice needed here...") I'll never use chalk again, if I >can help it. >Jim Busby >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David >Stocker >Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:46 AM >To: caut at ptg.org >Subject: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform >One of the first things Ulrich did after pulling the action and placing it atop another >piano (covered) was to take off the keystop rail, and sand the top of it. He said >something about liking everything to look clean. At that moment it seemed extreme, >but it turned out that was exactly where he made all of these marks. At the end of >every pass of voicing, he would run his first finger and thumb over the keystop rail >to erase all of the markings. Because he had made it smooth, it came clean easily. >I think he made marks on the front of the rail to denote needling lower on the >hammer, towards the top for higher up on the shoulder. >David Stocker, RPT >Tumwater, WA
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