[CAUT] Piano Cuniform

[David Ilvedson]

That is a great idea...one more thing for the voicing kit...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 3/16/2010 10:54:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform


>Kent Webb carries masking tape and quickly lays down a piece. Instead of taking it 
>off every time he adds another as needed, then after the work is done he quickly 
>rips them off. I've done it this way for a year now. You can write with a pencil and 
>even put notes there ("extra juice needed here...") I'll never use chalk again, if I 
>can help it.

>Jim Busby

>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David 
>Stocker
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:46 AM
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Subject: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform

>One of the first things Ulrich did after pulling the action and placing it atop another 
>piano (covered) was to take off the keystop rail, and sand the top of it. He said 
>something about liking everything to look clean. At that moment it seemed extreme, 
>but it turned out that was exactly where he made all of these marks. At the end of 
>every pass of voicing, he would run his first finger and thumb over the keystop rail 
>to erase all of the markings. Because he had made it smooth, it came clean easily.

>I think he made marks on the front of the rail to denote needling lower on the 
>hammer, towards the top for higher up on the shoulder.

>David Stocker, RPT
>Tumwater, WA