"Listen for the tone change to 'above' the strings. This is the projection you need." David I - Can you explain a little more what you mean by this? Thanks! -Zeno Wood Brooklyn College On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:55 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Haven't the hammers been reshaped a few times? We have for use a CFIIIS > from Yamaha's concert stock at the SF Ballet. Last year I complained about > the piano was going downhill, after several years. Yamaha, after getting > quotes in the Bay Area, sent up Dave Reed. He spent a weekend installing > the pre-hung hammer, shank and flanges and going through the work. A > different piano. I would think a 2004 CFIII could use the same thing. If > Yamaha sent a fellow for a couple of days, I would imagine all that can be > done to those hammers has been done...you might try deep shoulder needling, > 6 mm, 3 needles, at least 12 strikes, starting in the tenor and listen to > the difference in tonal structure. I find the predominance of high > partials, which decay quickly, are reduced and fundamental/mid-range are > brought forward. Listen for the tone change to "above" the strings. This > is the projection you need. > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 3/22/2010 9:04:53 AM > Subject: [CAUT] Yamaha CFIIIS > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100322/803fc171/attachment.htm>
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