Convention musings

[Lance Lafargue]

It was meant tongue in cheek.  I don't expect techs to voice every piano
before they voice and I understand that a piano should be tuned before
voiced. My point was only that I learned the effects of voicing on high
partials and that it effects the inharmonicity of a piano.  If I have a high
level tuning to do or not, I now know and better understand that just
turning tuning pins is not my only weapon in the war on U.N.(undesireable
noise).I think I got Roger's message. I must be more careful how I say
things...


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of JIMRPT@AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:32 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: RE: Convention musings



In a message dated 7/27/1999 1:23:24 PM, Lance wrote:

<<so voice before you tune.>>

Lance;
  This is really the wrong message to get from Rogers class, in my opinion.
Of course it may also be a chicken and egg question. :-)
  I don't know how to voice a hammer to A440, or 442, and I don't know
anyone
else who does either though..........so I must be in excellent company.
  But in my view the 'pitch'/'temperament' is the standard setter not the
condition of the hammer thingee.  Of course when we voice, using whatever
method, we are changing the strings reaction to the hammer strike and it is
through minipulation of the hammer/felt that we acheive the desired result
and not by changing pitch/temperament on the piano.  While it is possible to
do a "rough" pre voicing on a set of hammers it is, in my opinion,
impossible
to do a good final voicing unless the piano is in as good a condition tuning
wise as is possible.........all things being taken into account.

  Now as a disclaimer.............if the "voice before tuning" was a tongue
in cheek remark......disregard my comments above :-)
Jim Bryant (FL)