Terry Richard Bittner demonstrated this technique in his class at the Central West Regional Seminar. He used a brush similar in size to yours but it had stainless steel bristles. I bought one at a local paint store ( its used for stripping finish from detail work) and tried it on a few pianos with very pleasing results. Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: Charly Tuner <charly_tuner@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:59 PM Subject: voicing "brush" > Being a newbie I'm sure this idea isn't new, but I experimented on the > hammers of my own old vertical by very lightly "brushing" the hammers with a > soft (brass colored) wire brush, about the size of a large toothbrush. I > followed the contour of the hammers just as if I was using a sanding paddle, > and with only a few very light strokes, stopped and played each note. My > piano was sounding very harsh and bright before, but now it has a very > pleasing, warm tone! I was quite surprised at the result. I had used a > solution of isopropyl & "snuggles" on a few of the harsher sounding hammers > a while back, and that also worked well, but I like this method better. I > think I may try this on some of the trade in, cheapies at the store, like > this one Sherman Clay console that's brighter than a Roman Candle..almost > sounds like a harsichord! A few strokes with the brush should mellow it out. > > > Terry Peterson > Los Angeles, CA > Associate Member, PTG > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >
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