This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dale,=20 I know what you mean. When I got the call to come work for a = university, I went from working for a Kawai dealer to a building full of = over-lacquered Steinway hammers--and no rebuilding budget! :-0 After = discovering my Kawai techniques were for Kawai pianos (big grin), the = only thing I could do was shape hammers and try some needling. It = helped *somewhat*. Still, the pianos were no where near my ideals and = then a friend told me about (politically incorrect) hammer softeners. I = learned to work with them--I had no choice, really. And even though I'm = no longer at that university, I'm *still* following the techs who let = the lacquer flow freely, so I've hardly ever worked on Steinway hammers = that HAVEN'T been over-lacquered. Ah, there's always something to = learn! =20 Wally Brooks got me going on the fundamentals of voicing in the early to = mid eighties. Can't remember which seminar it was--but it was the = starting point of my success. =20 My encouraging you??!!!! Well, it *is* nice to find partners in = crime........ ;-) Barbara ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erwinspiano@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Modern Tone=20 Barbara Well isn't it good to know the tonal pendulum is swinging & that = quite a few of us are feeling it's breeze &on the same page here.:=20 The tone issue is what pushed me out of being a full time tuner & = farther and farther into rebuilding/ building & finding my own tonal = brand of piano restoration. I had to get away from all the clangers & = bangers coming from the pacific rim to preserve my hearing/sanity. It started with the revelation that I really didn't enjoy the = sound of most pianos I heard. This meant I had to learn to voice. Norman = Neblett gave me my very first hands on voicing lesson in 1979 on a = Yamaha CF. After that I was then armed & dangerous. Promptly went out & = applied Yamaha voivcing techniques to a set of old Steinway hammers. = Well that didnt' work. So after I replaced that set ... for free, I = decided I had to learn a few more things. Oh well . It's been an = awesome trip & I'm liking a lot of what I hear these days. Thanks for the encouragement! Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/86/c7/65/21/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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