More on hearing protection

[John M. Formsma]

Marshall,

 

If you're visually impaired, it might be more difficult for you because you
have to see clearly which string you're on. If this is your case, I'd work
more on lever technique so you can be comfortable with doing firm test blows
and not pounding. You're the best judge of that, though.

 

No, I don't think a pencil eraser would work, but if you cut the eraser off,
I don't see why that wouldn't work. You might be careful about the graphite
getting on a bass string. And, yes, one string at a time, as they are tuned.

 

JF

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:28 AM
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Subject: RE: More on hearing protection

 

Hi John,

so in a sense, if I'm working on my wife's Kimball, Lord help me, :) I push
the string in toward the plate?  Also, we're doing one string at a time not
the entire tri chord and bi chord or single wound string?  sorry if this is
obvious.  Sometimes I have trouble visualizing the procedure.  I'm glad
you're patient with me or anyone else who is as dense as I am. lol :) or
what might apear that way of course.

Marshall

 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> 

Richard,

 

Moving the string down (or toward the bridge pin at an angle) just a bit
from its normal plane. It's kind of like pressing down on the strings to see
if the damper follows the strings. No need to do more than that.

 

John Formsma

 

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