This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm in total agreement as long as you can actually get a needle= in the hammer. If not I think you have to go with steam...check= the archives for steaming info from Roger Jolly David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:08:05 +0100 Subject: Re: Tone it down, please. 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 10/9/2003= -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8b/2c/17/32/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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