Hi Jim, Bill Spurlock deserves the credit. I got the procedure directly from him. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Jim Busby wrote: > Fred, > > Since the last time you posted this technique I tried it and have been > using it as standard procedure. It works great! My initial concern > about > flattening the crown was unfounded because so little is taken off. > Thanks. > > Regards, > Jim busby > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Fred Sturm > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:59 PM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: [CAUT] upright plucking > > hi Wim, > My approach to upright mating is to take a brass drift and give > a > tap on the three string unisons just below the v bar to get them > roughly level (and give them a positive bend at the v bar, which > gives more definition to the tone). Then I take the filed hammers, > press a group lightly against the strings with a sandpaper strip (120 > - 180) between hammers and strings, and give a quick, light pull. > Maybe do that again. > Before going to that trouble, do some reasonably good traveling > and > squaring of the hammers. Many uprights are horrible in those regards. > Those things done, an upright can see remarkable improvement. > Ready > for some needling. For the lower shoulders, I go into each side. > Otherwise, fairly standard procedures. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060725/38f2e718/attachment.html
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