Good book on voicing...?

Erwinspiano@aol.com Erwinspiano@aol.com
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:20:21 EST


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David A. &Stephane
  So many details so little time ehh?
  Yes, David I agree develop a tonal memory & decide  how to get what your=20
ears cry out for in the music this tone produces.=20
  Stephane,I'll also add that strike point is so  overlooked in the=20
prevoicing process I think one could teach a class about  it.
   It doesn't matter what you do to the hammer if  the thing isn't hitting=20
the right spot on the string. I find I must tweak every  set of hammers I=20
install in the top two trebles & it isn't just stwys. It's  Webers& Bechstei=
ns &=20
Masons etc. you want the most tone from these  sections then learn that 1 mm=
 is a=20
mile.=20
  Most treble hammer lines are  frequently not a line at all but a slight=20
curve,hoseshoe or lines that run  in then out. I opened another can o Worms=20=
huh?
 Consider that the string heights in many brands of  pianos varies=20
significantly like as much as 3 to4 mm end to end yet  the factory standard=20=
boring spec=20
doesn't allow for this at all to my  observations. So if all hammers are bor=
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the same in a given  set the treble will be overstriking or understriking &=20
an  inaccurate strike point result. More fun is uneven & whacky regulation &=
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varying geometric relationships.
   Dale Erwin

Hello  Dave.

In addition to what you said, I would like to bring up the weight  of the=20
hammer (considered as a voicing issue) and the strike point  (considered in=20
the same way).  I believe that those two variables  affect much what happens=
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when you put your needles in the hammer  felt.  Not to mention, of course,=20
how the acoustic body responds to  all this, because at voicing time, it is=20
too late to alter that.
Does  anyone have guide lines as how to diagnose a too heavy or too light=20
hammer  on basis of the sound it produces (instead of on basis of weight=20
control)  ?

Best regards

St=E9phane Collin





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