Agreed that he needs to have things square and mated enough to get a good
sense of the tonal potential. But I wasn't under the impression that was a
question mark in this case.
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
On Feb 11, 2011, at 12:49 PM, David Love wrote:
> Definitely a more thorough outline of how to refine the voicing. But
> he may not need to go that far to see whether they will produce what
> he is after generally.
Well, I'm not so sure. The difference in power between a
piano with
badly traveled/squared/mated hammers and one in which those parameters
have been refined can be pretty startling. Focus, attack, clarity of
sustain are all enhanced, like it is a completely different
instrument. Or so I have experienced on many occasions. Until these
things have been addressed, judgment of the hammers is often pretty
iffy. If you go about voicing hammers prior to refining travel/square/
mate, you can end up with real confusion, and will have likely made
matters a good bit worse.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
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