Vice Grip voicing

[Phil Bondi]

Hi all.

This is a technique that's been added to the ever-increasing arsenal of 
voicing techniques..but it has been met with much concern and raised 
eyebrows in the field..more than steam voicing.

Here's the scenario:

-Client's home with, usually, a newer piano. After tuning, I go through 
the action with needles and vice grips. Needles will get a few 
questions, but the vice grip method always, and I mean always, brings 
another arsenal of questioning..almost as if they could do it themselves 
if they were shown a thing or 2.

For those of us who do alot of in-home service of new to newer pianos 
that really require this technique, how do you answer the questions 
about the viability and the longevity of the technique. Of course, after 
hearing the difference, their brows come back down towards their eyes...

Thanks,

-Phil Bondi(Fl)