---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Richard Strang wrote: > Everyone is talking about how hard Yamaha hammers are, yet I worked > on a C7 where they were too soft. Any advice on how to bring up the > brilliance once it's too low?Richard Depending on how new the instrument is (i.e. what kind of hammers are used) and how needled they are to begin with.... you can try three or four single needle slow thrusts perpendicular to the moulding just below the widest part of the shoulder. Slow and deep both sides. Let it sit for a few minuets to get a reaction.... If the hammer still has some tension left down there... it will release upwards and you will get both more brilliance and more power. Also an nice filling can add quite a bit. You can also bang-em in on the cheek block to pack them down... but you may impart a bit of compactness to the sound. If they are needled to death... then lack, reshaping, or a new set of heads is about whats left to you option wise. Cheers RicB -- 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/52/f1/33/6e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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