---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Julia, Just to second what Dave said. To have a softer crown with good support=20= makes loud playing nice and powerful (but not punchy), and soft playing=20= is sensitive and pretty. Arthur Reblitz's book talks a bit about voicing, he specifically=20 mentions the crown as a place to voice. - John > Julia: > > I think the most effective voicing work is done at the crown, but not=20= > deep.=A0 Make a soft surface over a hard core and you'll get the = widest=20 > tonal spectrum.=A0 It's great that you can learn this stuff on your = own=20 > piano. > > dave > > > Greetings, > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 We were told in piano tech school = NOT to needle hammers=20 > right on the crown. Upon arriving home from 9 months at tech school, I=20= > was Jones-ing to refurbish my old upright and needle the hammers in my=20= > Yamaha U3, as the tone was harsh on both pianos. > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Well, I first did the old = upright's hammers. Needled the=20 > "shoulders of the hammers careful to not go near the crowns. Put the=20= > action back in the piano and I heard hardly no change. That horrible=20= > harsh, explosive, glassy sound prevailed. So, I decided to slightly=20 > needle just a few of the offenders alittle closer to the crown. No=20 > difference...tried alittle further into the crowns....To make a long=20= > story short, I didn't alleviate the harsh tone till I deeply pounded=20= > the needle right in the crowns of the things! What gives? > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I got the results I wanted, = namely a more mellow tone,=20 > but only when I did exactly what I was told NOT to do. > > Julia Gottchall, > Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2014 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/17/38/6f/ce/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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