[CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers/ Re-visited/Update.

[Paul T Williams]

Well, nothing much happened in the killer octaves.  Richard West came to 
visit/play/advise.  He likes the whole, but it is the killer area still 
weak.  He suggested talking to Steve Brady (my mentor from the beginning). 
 He has a hammer "striping" thing that is supposed to work.  I emailed 
him, but haven't heard back yet.  Have y'all tried this?

Overall, it's sounding very nice...perhaps better for a smaller venue, so 
I may switch it out with our smaller recital room with a D with new Wally 
Naturals on it, which I love!  We'll see....

P



From:
Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
01/14/2011 03:16 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers/ Re-visited/WNG glue add-on!



Thank, Fred. 

This is my final attempt on Monday.  I applied a little more action 
horizontally a couple hours ago.  I noted a bit of improvement after 2 
hours, but I can't say/hear for a day or so.  I'll come in Monday and see 
what develops....This is the 5th time BTW.  Much too much effort for how 
much they cost!  I'll try the vertical application Monday if this doesn't 
work!   

I love the shanks and flanges though.  Very nice! 

What glue does NY use?  If nothing works, can I remove these hammers for a 
new set,....hoping not to need this, but in case of the worst 
scenario.....?????   

On another note, You can't change anything on the WNG shanks with their 
glue. It's permanent as far as I can tell.  You can "burn" the shanks in 
to straighten them out, but can't remove old hammers to replace with new. 
(This on another L I did last fall) Better make sure you have exactly the 
correct strike point position when hanging or you're SOL!!! Only 30-45 
seconds per hammer, too!! Wow, that's a fast set...I like a minute or two 
like with the TiteBond moulding glue or least fav, the tite bond II.  I've 
never been a fan of hide, but may try it someday....  I lucked out on the 
L.  It plays and sounds wonderfully in a classroom rarely reserved on 
weekends by students prior to, but now, the room is more difficult to 
reserve.  Good job to WNG, and me. 

Paul 




From: 
Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> 
To: 
caut at ptg.org 
Date: 
01/14/2011 02:54 PM 
Subject: 
Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY hammers/ Re-visited





On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: 

I'm learning this a bit too late, but good advice.  Soak the darn things 
on first lacquering.  I thought they were supposed to do this in the 
factory. Not enough, I guess. 

Try applying lacquer to the sides of the hammers, by the core. Action on 
end. Swing each hammer out, apply at the tip of the core. 
Regards, 
Fred Sturm 
fssturm at unm.edu 
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape 
it.” Brecht 




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