Tone it down, please.

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:08:05 +0100


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Alan wrote:

>  Don't see many Korean pianos here in the Ozarks.Church has an SG-172
> small Samick grand that is extremely bright to the point of sounding
> harsh.The pianist tends to play with the una corda pedal depressed to
> "tone it down." They even asked if "fixing this problem" would be
> covered under warranty!Do these pianos respond appreciably to to
> needle voicing?
>

Yes they do. But you have to work at it. Opinions will vary, but I'm
finding the best results with Samicks come from needling visa vi steam
or alcohol/water treatment.

Three or four sessions to break down the hammer enough without wrecking
it. Needle about 30 times each shoulder with 5 mm deep three needles one
day... let it rest and come back tommorrow. The felt will have closed up
some, and it will be easier to needle again. Repeat a couple three times
until you have an easy time of fine needling just under the crown. You
can get hard hammers to end up with a very nice consistancy this way,
and the resulting voicing has a high degree of staying power.
Cheers

RicB
 Please post recommendations based on experience, I'd sure appreciate
it!Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, or Bah Humbug (Choose
one).Alan R. BarnardSalem, MO

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