<!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 6.00.2800.1605" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lacquer and thinner solution is best applied to concert pianos directly on the crown which will allow the solids to fall into the area of the hammer that does the striking, above the molding tip, on forte playing. The rest is as dreamy as little membranes vibrating in the soundboard to carry resonance. Ron Connors proved this to everyone by cutting away piece after piece from the shoulders of the hammer felt until only the strike area was left on the molding. Sounded the same as with the the shoulders on. NOT to imply that some changes can't be made with needles on the shoulders and even below but not the power that you are looking for. It's all about building up the strike point. Hammer polarity is about needling not lacquering. But that's really a different issue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=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> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>