Thanks Peter and Fred, These are all points I was expecting to address. jeannie _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:15 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mason & Hamlin hammers My limited experience with these newer instruments has given me the same feelings as Fred. One of the biggest changes in 'feel' came from lubing the key bushings with pro lube and easing the balance holes. As Fred said, levelling, filing and fitting seems to have been missing from previous technician visits.... After this proceedure the tone became focussed and then responded well to the needles.....pushed and stabbed :-) Good luck. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote: On Jun 17, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Jeannie Grassi wrote: Thanks, Ed. I am not very impressed with this piano. It lacks finesse. I'll try to make it as good as I can in a one-day visit. Have a good time in Las Vegas. jeannie The fairly new Masons I have seen had not had much deep shoulder needling and mating, and strings were quite unlevel, among other things. The hammers are nice to work with, and results were quite positive (for the couple I have been able to spend a day or two on). Regards, Fred Sturm <mailto:fssturm at unm.edu> fssturm at unm.edu <http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm> http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm <http://www.youtube.com/fredsturm> http://www.youtube.com/fredsturm <http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm> http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 517 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2930 - Release Date: 06/13/10 12:45:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100618/e3260c79/attachment-0001.htm>
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