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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fred Drasche was a career Steinway Concert
Technician. He used to refer to the front side of the hammer as the "carry
side" and the backside of the hammer was the attack side. He believed that
on a fast blow the hammer would overcenter the strike point on the hammer and
hit string on the backside (attack side). Similarily, on very soft to
medium blows it would be the front side (carry). If you want to produce more
attack sound then, you place more hardener on the attack side of the hammer. He
also said you only get one chance to apply lacquer. This is because the
lacquer is a barrier unto itself. A subsequent application will not penetrate to
a deeper level within the hammer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Wathen</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=itunepiano@aol.com
href="mailto:itunepiano@aol.com">itunepiano@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> Friday, January 04, 2008 7:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">During a 3 day
Concert Prep on a 10 year old D, I added Lacquer to power up the
piano. Lacquer would not soak into the key side of the hammers but
did soak easily into the backcheck side of the hammers. I applied the
lacquer on the lmid shoulders only, not from the side of the hammer. Is
it an accepted voicing technique to lacquer one side of the hammer and not the
other? What are the advantages or
disadvantages? Bob. <BR></FONT>
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