Most newer Yamahas don't have any problems with "quarried hammers". Certainly in the many years past that was a problem. I use one needle in my tools so maybe that is why I don't have any problems getting it in... David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Andrew & Rebeca Anderson <anrebe@zianet.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:17:39 -0600 Subject: Re: feasable voicing tool modification?? >Who sells these? I could use one for a Yamaha with quarried hammers. ;-) >Andrew >At 12:38 PM 7/23/2004 -0700, you wrote: >>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 >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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