Vice Grip voicing

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Phil,
Don't you think it is the tool that is being USED that bothers the client?
Sort of like s sledge hammer being used on a car moter. Not that that would
be wrong,
only seems wrong in the clients eyes.
Now if you had the same sort of tool designed to do the same thing but
looked more like a piano tool, only a mild hummm might be the reaction.
You might take a look at Voicing Pliers on my site, For some reason it is
down right now so you might try tomorrow or later today.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: Vice Grip voicing


> 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)
>
>
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