voicing tracks?

[Richard Moody]

A new Boston?  Find out who the tech/s were before you and get in touch with
them. Great picts, but the "tracks" on the hammers don't look that new (like
a year or two old from regular playing) and the ones on the shoulder I have
never seen. Maybe we are on the verge of something new in hammer voicing or
they are simply the result of a hack considering the assumption only
experienced and factory approved techs could get to new Bostons at least
until sale. 
    ---rm 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Musial
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:39 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: voicing tracks?
> 
> Hi
> 
> I looked at a new Boston grand today.  It was just delivered and the
> customer is complaining about a lack of power especially in the tenor.
> I
> had to agree that there was no ~bite~ at all when played forte. The
> hammers
> sound over-voiced.  I took the D4 hammer and shoe-shined the surface,
> packed
> it by hitting it with the voicing tool handle, and also ironed the
> thing..
> it helped a little but it came nowhere near what the customer or myself
> would find acceptable. Pushing my thumbnail into the side of the hammers
> barely left an impression so the hammers seem pretty hard.
> 
> I observed strange marks on the hammers that I do not remember ever
> seeing
> before.  They are parallel lines running down the keyboard side of the
> hammers surface.  On very close inspection I see some needle holes in
> the
> lines.  I have posted a picture of this on the web...
> 
> http://neesium.com/flux/tracks.html
> 
> Is there some kind of tool that may have been used to cause this or do
> the
> hammers come out of the factory like this?
> 
> Thanks for any help!!
> 
> Michael Musial RPT
> Dixon CA
> 
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