Ditto, Nevin! Your voicing (tone) class years ago was a major turning point in my career in concert prep. Good stuff. Welcome! Jim Busby BYU From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Purdy Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:12 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] tone building for impatient pianists Hey Nevin! Good to see your name here. Welcome to the list. Chris On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:25 PM, nevin essex wrote: Hi. It's Nevin Essex. I'm new on the CAUT list. My first reply. Tell me if I do something wrong. In regard to the lacquering of new hammers: I think it's important to apply as heavy a solution as possible in a big grand piano like a Baldwin or Steinway D. The last time I did it, I used 2:1. And the solution must soak in under the strike point. It shouldn't just penetrate the shoulders and stay there. It's to your advantage not to apply directly through the crown or you'll be needling all day, but it should wick in under the crown. Smaller pianos don't require as heavy a solution. Thanks, Nevin Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. Registered Piano Technician School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell (740) 590-3842 fax (740) 593-1429 http://www.ohiou.edu/music -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081120/8be545cb/attachment.html>
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