[CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers

[Paul T Williams]

All ready to do the hard part on Monday-Friday next week:  Voicing.  I 
don't have the piano in the shop as I can't get it here, so it will be on 
stage Monday morning to start.  All good so far. the travelling and 
burning went exceedingly quickly and regulated well on the bench.  We'll 
see what happens next.
Paul




From:
reggaepass at aol.com
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
10/14/2010 12:57 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers




I've only had to travel 3 shanks :>
Checking with Fred's method?

Alan Eder

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 5:29 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers

Dennis and all; 

I am really appreciating all this great advice!  What I've discovered so 
far is that, indeed, many of the hammers are not aligned to a good 90 
degrees, so I'll spend some time burning in the shanks.  However, I'm 
pleased to say I lucked out on the travelling (so far as I've only put on 
every other one to see how they compare the the existing parts which are, 
of course 90 degrees and perfectly travelled).  I've only had to travel 3 
shanks :>)  I do notice that the new shanks are quite a bit thicker in 
notes 58-68, which might make the touch weight a tiny bit heavier than 
originals.  I'll keep notes on touch weight comparisons and let you know 
on that as well. 

So far, semi good! 

Paul 





From: 
Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu> 
To: 
caut at ptg.org 
Date: 
10/14/2010 10:29 AM 
Subject: 
Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers






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. 

That's how I do it anyway. 

best,

Dennis Johnson

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