Lance- You also might check the strike point in the capo sections. Ed ---------- >From: "Lance Lafargue" <lancelafargue@bellsouth.net> >To: "Caut \(E-mail\)" <caut@ptg.org> >Subject: Voicing >Date: Wed, Jul 10, 2002, 1:58 PM > > Hi list, > I have a situation coming up that I thought was common, but not talked about > in detail much. I will be prepping and maintaining a Steinway D next week > for a week-long competition with recitals,etc. Very good players, > often-times Van Cliburn contestants/winners (12). This piano has been > approved to get new Hammers, Shanks, flanges, damper felt, and maybe back > checks, but not in time for the competition. The hammers have been filed > many times, running out of felt with some areas weak, lots of nasty > twang/buzz. I have leveled strings, seated them and fit hammers to strings, > but I suspect most of the problem is in the hammers. The piano is from mid > 80's. These hammers have been worked on and stabbed by several techs, so I > don't know the whole history. > The Question: What are some of the common (if any) remedies needed on older > hammers in this situation. Do you sometimes have to harden again after much > needling, (weak areas) do specific needling, (noise) after this much use? > Are there common procedures followed to extend the usefulness and increase > the quality of tone in these older hammers? I would appreciate input from > the experience out there. Thanks, > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > Mandeville, LA > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > lancelafargue@bellsouth.net > 985.72P.IANO >
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