Squeezing the hammers with a pair of 5wr vice-grips modeled after Bill Spurlocks is a very helpfull tool in voicing uprights (and grands). --- Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Alpha88x@aol.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:54 AM > Subject: feasable voicing tool modification?? > > > > Greetings, > > > > I got a really good idea! I have > done about 5 hammer carding > & > > needling jobs for customers who own old, old > uprights and I take the > actions > > home to card and do basic deeep shoulder needling. > > > > However, when I return the action > to the piano, I find I > need > > to custom or individually needle the hammers to > tonally match/blend the > > octaves, or rather, make the side by side notes > sound homogonous/alike > next to one > > another, blending the sections. > > > > With the action in place, when I > attemp this, my voicing > > tool's handle gets in the way and is too big to > use in the small space > between the > > hammers and the strings. I don't like the idea of > swinging the action back > and > > forth to needle, listen, needle, listen...etc. > > > > The great idea is to dismantle the > voicing tool, saw off > the > > 1" or so handle insert thereby having just the > needle (cartridge?) head in > hand > > so that I can work quickly with the upright action > in place. Is this a > good > > idea? > > > > Julia Gottchall, > > Reading, PA > > > > Yeah, the Yamaha tool is OK, but not great. As > Corte S. said, it's more > for touch-up voicing and surface "sugar coating" > since Yamaha hammers are > usually too hard to be able to get a needle in very > far, never mind three of > them. I just have one needle in mine and use it to > poke right into the > string grooves. And my knuckles get scraped a lot. > But there's nothing > else out there designed for upright hammers that I > know of, except the > voicing tool with the pivoting head -- but it > doesn't pivot enough. > Been trying side voicing lately -- see last > month's Journal, I believe. > What I end up doing a lot is taking the action > out, laying it on the > carpet, putting a block of wood under the hammer > tails, and stabbing with my > big (Yamaha) voicing tool. Then put it back in and > see how much effect it > had. Repeat. Listen. Maybe repeat again, or go to > the smaller tool for > touch-up, or use ViseGrips, but ya gotta be real > careful with those-- it's > easy to go too far. It's awkward, working down on > the floor on your knees, > but I don't know a better way, unless you bring a > long a portable folding > table or something ... > --David Nereson, RPT > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ===== Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Pianova Piano Service Olympia, WA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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