This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Aha! Isn't that interesting! That must explain my inability to open up = the hammers and the weenie, nasal sound (my opinion), which has been a = problem since the piano was new. Actually, I thought I did a pretty = decent job of getting rid of the plastic hiss yesterday. From the = beginning I've never been able to do nice, controlled needling on the = shoulders--I'd have to use the full force of my heavy voicing tool with = 1 needle and pray I didn't hit my thumb. :-O I certainly never would = have guessed that these hammers would have needed hardening in the first = place. =20 BTW, I contacted the previous tech (in a friendly manner) to try to find = out how much keytop solution had been used. He said not much. Earlier, = he had said that he used the solution to make the piano growl. Well, I = guess we all have our definition of growling, but I think hissing or = sizzle is different than growling. Though I believe a piano this size = should indeed be capable of growling, I don't think it should <always> = growl. Thank you for that information, Horace. I won't waste my time or my = customer's money on any more voicing attempts. And thanks to the rest of you for your thoughtful contributions. Barbara Richmond, RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Horace Greeley=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: Re: Hearing problems/hard hammers snip FWIW, most Seilers come with hammers that are not only too hard to = begin with. They also seem to be hardened at the factory (with what = seems like lacquer) to a point that is indefensible. So, you are = dealing not only with whatever the other technician applied; but also = whatever was done at the factory/dealer to begin with. I would like to = recommend the Wurzen hammers to start with; and do so with the caveat = that there are some instruments/makers/models which seem to require a = harder hammer to get much going in the way of sound. YMMV. Good luck. Best. Horace ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ef/a7/11/58/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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