Hammers- alcohol treatment/Isaac

[Farrell]

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Are you aware of  Roger Jolly's controllable steam voicing method?

Also, (flame suit on) I regularly voice a number of bright Yamaha C3s =
down by simply sugar-coating the strike point technique mandated by my =
client). All done very quickly - you can do the whole piano is less than =
five minutes and you don't have to concern yourself with sticking a =
needle deep into the hammer. Doesn't last a long time, but it does get =
you there.

Terry Farrell

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From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: Hammers- alcohol treatment/Isaac


> Joe,
> I have a Yamaha Grand to tune tomorrow that I've been thinking of=20
> voicing.  It has a sharp tone that hurts the ear.  Am I to understand =
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> a 50/50 mix of water and denatured alcohol might save my needles some =
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> work?  Do you iron that in or just let it soak in and dry out?
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> Comments, anyone, on ironing a wet towel over the hammer heads and its =

> affect on the piano's voice.  Would I achieve too much too fast?
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> Andrew Anderson
> Las Cruces NM
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> At 03:46 PM 11/25/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >Isaac said: "alcohol on wool will make it too dry, wool have some =
lanolin in
> >it that
> >should be preserved I believe. may be when we will have 100% =
synthetic
> >hammer fiber ?"
> >
> >Isaac,
> >I doubt that there is any lanolin left in hammer felt, once the
> >felting/pressing process is done. Alcohol w/water will only tend to =
make the
> >felt expand sufficiently to add resilience back into the wool fiber, =
which
> >will make the hammer more springy. This will make the hammer give a =
wider
> >range of dynamics in playing. I have not found the treatment to have =
any
> >negative effects, other than distorting the shape somewhat. I use =
this
> >method, often, on "quarried" hammers with good results.
> >As for Synthetic fiber being used in hammers.....?.....Nah. That =
would
> >require some company to do R&D! Heaven forbid!<G>
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> >Captain, Tool Police
> >Squares Are I
> >
> >
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