This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello, I own a brand new Shigeru Kawai SK3 that the Kawai technician in France = has made, according to me, too deep voicing on notes in the treeble range = (octave 5 to 6). Although he disagrees with that, the tone is slightly too mellow in this = range, from pianissimo up to mezzo forte. At pianissimo or piano, the higher = partials are reduced compared to neighboring octaves (impacted notes are from 55 to = 69), and the attack looks a bit dull. Those higher partials are coming back with more strength on the key. = However, these notes always require slightly more strength to produce a balanced = sound. >From Mezzo forte up to Forte, things are OK (overall loudness and tone = quality is well balanced) The technician made several filing with very limited improvement. I'm = not a specialist, just a pianist - but my engineering background and what I = learned reading your very interesting posts, tell me that there has been likely = too much deep needling in the higher section of the shoulders. The Shigeru hammers are cold-pressed and are considered as medim/soft in europe. May be they are not very robust to extensive voicing. I'm wondering what could be the best solution to recover some power to = these 15 hammers : dry ironing, juicing or changing those 15 hammer heads ? Kawai says the tone will not be even if I change only a sub set of = hammers (they don't want to replace either full set of subset anyway...). Have you experienced changing subset of hammers in this range ? Which hammer head brand would you recommend for those Kawai pianos = (softer than Yamaha...) ? Do you think dry ironing would make it ? (actually the recovery level = I'm expecting is not that big and the felt thickness is small in this range, so this = could work). Many thanks for your feedbacks, Sincerely yours, Stephane Hanriat stephane.hanriat@free.fr PS : This being said, the SK3 is an outstanding instrument. Action is = close to perfection, overall tone is wonderful, rich, not too harsh like Yamaha = and the softer hammers give you great control and margin in the way you produce = louder sound. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5d/7f/97/63/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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