Tone it down, please.

[antares]

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I have been to two factories of Samick ...one in Seoul (Incheon), the=20
other in Jakarta.
In both factories you see 'voicing technicians' who use one extremely=20
thick, almost unbreakable needle.
The hammer heads are clamped in a vice grip and they just bang their=20
needle in, all day long and without listening.
It is actually a kind of pre-voicing.
The hardness of the hammers depends on the time in which the Samicks=20
were made and on the price.
When I was there (1,5 year ago), they were in the process of making=20
their own hammers with Wurzen felt.
Nowadays, they own I think 50% of Bechstein which could mean that the=20
quality will go up (at Samick)

friendly greetings from
antares
the Netherlands

www.concertpianoservice.nl
www.grandpiano.nl



On 6-dec-03, at 0:35, David Ilvedson wrote:

> I'm in total agreement as long as you can actually get a needle in the=20=

> hammer.=A0 If not I think you have to go with steam...check the =
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> for steaming info from Roger Jolly
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> ----- 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.
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> Alan wrote:
> =A0Don't see many Korean pianos here in the Ozarks.Church has an =
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> small Samick grand that is extremely bright to the point of sounding=20=

> harsh.The pianist tends to play with the una corda pedal depressed to=20=

> "tone it down." They even asked if "fixing this problem" would be=20
> covered under warranty!Do these pianos respond appreciably to to=20
> needle voicing?
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> Yes they do. But you have to work at it. Opinions will vary, but I'm=20=

> finding the best results with Samicks come from needling visa vi steam=20=

> or alcohol/water treatment.
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> Three or four sessions to break down the hammer enough without=20
> wrecking it. Needle about 30 times each shoulder with 5 mm deep three=20=

> needles one day... let it rest and come back tommorrow. The felt will=20=

> have closed up some, and it will be easier to needle again. Repeat a=20=

> couple three times until you have an easy time of fine needling just=20=

> under the crown. You can get hard hammers to end up with a very nice=20=

> consistancy this way, and the resulting voicing has a high degree of=20=

> staying power.=A0
> Cheers
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> RicB
> =A0Please post recommendations based on experience, I'd sure =
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> it!Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, or Bah Humbug=20
> (Choose one).Alan R. BarnardSalem, MO=A0
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