<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The string grooves on this particular Steinway were 1mm off center  to the back check side of the hammers, which was the softer,  un-lacquered side.  </font><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><br> To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:48 pm<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_fa45e5e9-8b5d-450e-b94a-7b9a255b3ba3"> <style></style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I would think that on a hard blow the hammer would under center because of the flexing of the shank hitting more on the proximal side.  Similarly on a soft blow, the hammer would hit more on the backside, though I suppose it depends ultimately on how accurately the hammers were bored in the first place. </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">David Love</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"><br> <a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a><br> <a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> <a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael Wathen<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 04, 2008 8:18 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">College and University Technicians</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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.</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Michael Wathen</span></font></div> </div> <blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;"> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">----- Original Message ----- </span></font></div> </div> <div style=""> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; margin-left: 0.5in; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <a href="mailto:itunepiano@aol.com" title="itunepiano@aol.com">itunepiano@aol.com</a> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">To:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title="caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Friday, January 04, 2008 7:06 PM</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> [CAUT] Voicing Steinway D</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">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.  </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">More new features than ever. 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