The environment is not the issue. I check the service history of this piano and noticed it was harsh sounding in the store before we sold it. I tried several times before it was sold to get a more pleasing sound using both acetone and commercial hammer softener. Nothing seems to last. Using needles doesn't seem to work on this piano. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Joe And Penny Goss [mailto:imatunr at srvinet.com] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:18 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Steam treating hard hammers Hi Wayne, Try a suto voicing with a quilt! What is the environment? Hard wood floors? Large windows on all sides? Drapery? Rugs? All these type of things are relevant to the tonal production heard by the owner. To do the quilt voicing you will need several strips of lathto keep the cloth off the strings to test the sound. If it works an Edwards cover is a great answer as it will also help in tuning stability. Again know the environment. Is the lid up or down. Bring up the possibility ( if you think it is true ) that no piano will sound good until things other than softer hammers are done. Dicey situations like this need special tact. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools HYPERLINK "mailto:imatunr at srvinet.com"imatunr at srvinet.com HYPERLINK "http://www.mothergoosetools.com"www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: HYPERLINK "mailto:wayne.w at musicstop.com"Wayne Walker To: HYPERLINK "mailto:pianotech at ptg.org"pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: Steam treating hard hammers I have a customer with a newer Chinese piano with harsh sounding hammers. I have tried chemical softener, needled and the piano still sounds bad. The customer has chemical sensitivity so I can't use anything in her home now. I was there a couple of weeks ago and used the steam method on the hammers and it work great. I was happy and the customer was happy, but today she left a voice mail saying the piano is harsh sounding again. How long will the steam method last? Will I need to do this often? I just want to have a happy customer with out having to swap pianos with her. Wayne Wayne Walker Piano Tuner / Technician Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service 264 Herring Cove Road Halifax, NS, Canada B3P 1M1 902-221-1540 902-496-0041 Fax HYPERLINK "http://www.musicstop.com/"www.musicstop.com _____ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2398 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try HYPERLINK "http://www.spamfighter.com/len"SPAMfighter for free now! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/843 - Release Date: 6/10/2007 1:39 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/843 - Release Date: 6/10/2007 1:39 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070612/ce864397/attachment.html
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