Yamaha CFIII Voicing

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Hi.

I shouldn't say "I hate to say this" but there's no question that a set =
of Isaac Cadenza, or, for that matter, Cadenza S hammers would do =
everything you want; give you color, voicing stability and a musical =
instrument everyone will love.  I do hate to tell yu that the Yamaha =
hammers will, in all likelyhood, go back to being too bright no matter =
what you do in the way of voicing.
With a similar set of Yamaha hammers I have taken my Dremel tool with a =
large needle (.050" diameter) and drilled it into the flat side of the =
hammer following the outside contour every 1/16th" so that the point of =
the needle came out on the opposite side and I was successful in getting =
some color out of the hammers but, guess what...  after a while, a =
shorter while depending on the use, the hammers went right back to being =
what they are.  Also, there is more color with that kind of voicing but =
compared to the Cadenza or Cadenza S I'm afraid you're in a different =
world.

I know this sounds like  selling but it happens to be so.

Ari. =20
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  From: Tom Merrill=20
  To: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:32 AM
  Subject: Yamaha CFIII Voicing


  List:
  I am the contract tech at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO. We =
have a new 280 seat recital hall that has a very bright lively acoustic =
and is easily overdriven by vocals and instrumentals.  I'm having a =
"dickens" of a time keeping the Yamaha CFIII (circa 1987) with Yamaha =
hammers voiced down fairly mellow yet articulate to please the pianists. =
 They want lots of color with projection, but not too loud.  The piano =
gets used for solos and accompanying small ensembles and vocals.

  I took every voicing class and voicing tutoring in Chicago last summer =
and the Little Red School House last fall, but lack the 30 years =
experience demanded by the situation!!

  I can get the level of brightness where we like it for a short period =
of time by high shoulder needling and a little sugarcoating on the =
crown.  But a week or two later, the felt packs down and it gets too =
bright again.  I've read in the archives that this piano has a fairly =
heavy SB structure to compensate for the softer woods in the rim and =
needs a fairly robust (w)hammer to get things moving.  It seems to me =
that we may have the wrong instrument and/or hammers for the application =
and that if we want a delicate, articulate colorful piano, we oughta buy =
a Steinway that sounds that way to begin with.  Too bad the State of =
Colorado doesn't win its own lottery....

  Is anyone else successful in what I am trying to do and could share =
some tips?  I've thought about putting on a set of Isaac Cadenzas.  Is =
this a good idea? The other piano in the room for duets is a Yamaha C7 =
(circa 2000). =20

  Thanks for your ideas.

  Tom Merrill
  Grand Junction, CO (where minimum wage is a high paying job)
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