Julia Have you tried steam voicing? That really takes the edge off the sound. Try a little on one hammer and see what reaction you get. After you do all of them,?needle voice?for more subtle changes.?On uprights, I?voice by pushing one needle in?at about 1 o'clock, but going across the top, and not down in. (Like you're trying to slice off the top of the hammer).?I repeat as many times as needed to get the sound I want. ? Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: KeyKat88 at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 4 May 2008 4:32 pm Subject: Voicing Help Greetings, ? ???????? I usually shallow needle my Yami's U3?hammers after tuning to take off the "glassy" edge. However, after 10+ years of playing on this piano (This is my personal piano), sugar-coating ain't cutting it anymore.? The hammers sound ear-piercing.?I side needled the area just in front?of the wood core, but this only alleviated the ear piercing sound a little.?These hammers were?packed hard?too!??Is Yamaha?hammer quality the problem? ?What am I doing wrong? ...or aren't I needling enough?? ? Thanks Julia Gottshall Reading, PA? Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080504/3814c531/attachment-0001.html
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