[CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers

[Dennis Johnson]

??????   Don't know what that is about.  I sent once and only have one copy
in my sent mail. Hope you don't get multiple copies this too!

d.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> Wow, Dennis!
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> Are you sending this over and over? This is the 3rd time... I understood it
> the first time <G>.. :>)...  smiley face, etc!!
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> Paul
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>  From:
> Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu>
> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 10/14/2010 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] How much
> voicing on new NY hammers
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> One trick I am having good success with and that took me far too long to
> figure out on my own, is lightly soaking with pure lacquer thinner those new
> hammers with distorted or angry character in the midrange and/or bass.  This
> is done after prevoicing to the shoulders, but I have found it greatly helps
> to open up the tone without doing anything distructive to the felt.  There
> can be a few stubborn hammers that may need 3-4 applications, but this light
> bit of pure thinner soaked into the crown area and into the top half easily
> dries over night.  If you have to get more aggressive then try planning it
> for a Friday afternoon.  I have yet to see a set here that didn't need any
> additional lacquer in the treble.  This week I finished a set on a M, and
> that one need the least additional lacquer I've seen yet, but still one
> application through the high treble and a second on select notes.
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> That's how I do it anyway.
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> best,
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> Dennis Johnson
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