Ileen, I also use Joe's tool and highly recommend it. The Hart string voicing tool is also good in conjunction with it. On a newly restrung piano, staightening the strings at the bridge pins, and other termination points (like V bar) gives you more clarity and volume or tone. This all falls under "string voicing" and does eliminate lots of problems and on a piano like that (the Knabe) it adds lots of tuning stability because the strings are now traveling directly from termination point to termination point instead of having a "bend" in the wire. String voicing is an important technique that is well worth mastering. Good luck, Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA New Orleans Chapter, PTG lancelafargue@bellsouth.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of ILEENKM@AOL.COM Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:02 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: brightness of Steinways Thank you Stan and Joe for the info- Joe- I would be interested in prices etc for those tools. You can email me at ILEENKM@aol.com. Meanwhile- here is my quandary- this certain Knabe grand which I spoke of definitely has hammer /string mating problems- I would like to be specific when I go back to the rebuilder who has asked me to voice the piano- he only restrings and he has a tecnician who does the hammer and action work- I can sort of by feel tell that the strings are not all level but I don't trust that perception completely- I would like to be more certain, but not having that neat levelling tool yet- how can I approach this without sounding too vague? Thanks- Ileen
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