Voicing Help

[David Ilvedson]

Not that I'm pushing Yamaha hammers, but many higher compression hammers ( Yamaha, Renner...etc....NOT NORDISKA et al/AKA rock...) work fabulously with lower shoulder needling.   They need it and the "bloom...projection"  will happen.   These are "HIGH" quality hammers, not to be scoffed at, but worked with.   For me a week with Yamaha installing new C7 hammers in a CFIII was an eye opener.   The projection/tone above the strings that happened with opening up the shoulders with new hammers, may well be common knowledge to many...but it wasn't to me.   Projection had never really connected.   "Tone above the strings" as my Yamaha teacher said...DID...what Julia needs to do is straight-forward voicing.   NOT at strike-point exclusively and certainly not with steam...IMHO

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: erwinspiano at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 5/4/2008 8:23:00 PM
Subject: Re: Voicing Help





>? Julia
>? I have never understood the Yamaha hammer design philosophy. They come back 
>to the place you've described frequently. even with my best job of voicing I can not 
>get the tone I want or the tone to last with a majority of OEM hammers.
>?? So many good low compression hammers works so well in these pianos.? The 
>Ronsen is a good one with 3 felts to choose from. I'd go Bacon or VFG felt. The 
>Wurzen felt can be a bit? stiff in these pianos. I find the piano in general can 
>develop more tonal potential & dynamics & a more enjoyable?tone overall with 
>replacement hammers. Others may disagree....I'm ok with that.
>? Dale Erwin



>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?




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