[pianotech] Interested in having my Yamaha U1 voiced

[Tyler Ferrari]

I hear the overtones when I play as well. It's inherent to the piano (or the string), I believe. I can tolerate it when I'm playing because it adds some character, but if the erratic high partials in the lower strings disappeared, I wouldn't complain. It's especially annoying in recordings. I've been told that studio pianos are often voiced to remove a lot of these partials. Whether this is true or not, I'm not sure but it wouldn't surprise me given the fact that I'm currently complaining about their annoyance-factor.

 

I'm using 2x AKG 3000B mics in stereo behind or under the front of the piano, depending on what I'm doing. I'm going to be picking up a set of AKG C214 mics to try them out.

 

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Thanks all for your replies on this thread. Much appreciated.
 


From: firtreepiano at hotmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:18:26 -0700
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interested in having my Yamaha U1 voiced




Putting my sound tech hat on . . .
 
If recording is the question, I would first have a conversation about what kind of microphone(s) you are using, what kind of EQ and processing you are doing before it gets recorded. Many great recording microphones hear everything, and need some kind of tweaking to get something that sounds decent. Voicing may certainly help, but if the mic is over accentuating upper frequencies, it may not help. 
 
Feel free to email me privately. 
 
Dave Stocker, RPT
Tumwater, WA




From: Tyler Ferrari 
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 13:49
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: [pianotech] Interested in having my Yamaha U1 voiced

Hi all,
 
my U1 is about 1.25 years old and it gets approx 1-2 hours of play each day. It's been well regulated and I will tune it the day before it is voiced.
 
I was thinking of having the hammers needled to try reduce some of the apparent overtones in the lower octaves. It is quite cumbersome when recording.
 
a) How can I ensure the piano tech that I will hire can properly perform this work? (he apparently does a lot of the tuning/voicing of local concert grands and has been doing it for 25 years, or so I've been told.)
 
b) Is needling the recommend technique for my situation?
 
I just don't want to find that I'm unhappy with the result, and then have a set of 'damaged' hammers (essentially)
 
Any other information would be helpful. 
 
-Tyler



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