<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2726.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The felt splits at the crown.  Some of these have been voiced w/glovers needles it would seem, which exacerbates the problem.  Usually becomes evident when shaping the hammer.  Application of even a little bit of steam gives some real interesting results!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: performance piano - student psychopathology 101</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 9/17/03 2:25:43 PM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:okeyes@uidaho.edu">okeyes@uidaho.edu</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Many of the pianos here have been over-voiced, causing them to split after awhile. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Otto<BR><BR>Will you please explain this. What is splitting? <BR><BR>As far the changes in perception of a piano, I guess one way to avoid doing a lot of work, is to wait a week before doing anything. At most, pretend you've voiced it, and ask how they like the piano after you've "worked" on it. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>