voicing hammers

[Farrell]

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Someone out there is hardening Yamaha hammers!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went to my son's high-school band concert last night and a young lady =
did a lovely piano solo on a Yamaha C3 (no doubt had been tuned within =
the past 3 years). She did "Liebestraum" by Frans Liszt - and did it =
well. BUT the poor piano - I should say the obscene piano - ZERO =
dynamics (and I love Yamahas in many applications). She could play at =
high and low volume (I think that has something to do with the action =
mechanism.....), but it was 100% loud and less loud. ZERO tonal changes =
at all. This was not a piano-forte - but rather as Del might =
characterize such a piano, it was a forte! Yuck (for a classical =
application like this one)!

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Quentin Codevelle=20
  To: pianotech=20
  Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 4:54 AM
  Subject: Re voicing hammers


  Hello Michael and Andre,

  A few weeks ago, I learned the exact formula used by the Yamaha =
concert techs to harden the hammers when the pianists want a brighter =
sound.

  Andre, you know this receipe, and I wonder if it would help in =
Michael's case.

  It looks like plastic keytop with acetone mix, but it is not exactly =
it.

  So Andre, what are the differences between your method with collodion =
and the method I speak about?
  the Yamaha method seems to work in only a few minutes although your =
method needs one day to get the final result.

  Quentin
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