Vice Grip voicing

[Barbara Richmond]

Hey Ross, I can't help but disagree with you here--one technique does not
fit all.  Vice grips can help get the shoulders of <really> hard hammers
into the ball park fast, and <then> you can start talking about subtleties.

Barbara (many years experience working on hard hammers as a store
technician) Richmond, RPT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. R. White" <jrwhiteltd@msn.com>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: RE: Vice Grip voicing


> Voicing with the vice-grips, i.e. multiple-needles, etc., is far too
> radical
> for any but the trashiest pianos.  One cannot produce subtle tonal changes
> with such a tool.  Voicing is about subtleties.
> When I'm voicing any world-class instrument, I'm very conscious of making
> subtle adjustments, and of the need to make them GENTLY.
> My tools are instruments, not bludgeons.  So is my technique.
> Ross White
>