voicing/juicing ronsen hammers

[Paul Chick (Earthlink)]

Subject: Re: voicing/juicing ronsen hammers


> Terry
> I always prefile my own hammers ending with 320 or 400  paper. A light
> ironing will also compact the top without any  solutions.
> That being said I usually add approx. a 10 to 1 part  lacquer solution to
> all mono chords.

 Wally Brooks demonstrated his voicing technique which included flipping the
voicing tool over and hamering the strike point with the blunt end, one
strike for each month of "playing in."  He averaged 6 blows to the crown.
Wally's reason was to help stabilize the voicing.

Paul C