<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi again all.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm on my second set of "new hammers"
from S&S for a Steinway B. It's like night and day on this set
over the first set for the D. It's more like what I thought I was
going to get from the first set for the D. I'm bringing down some
twangy notes in the lower tenor and here and there, juicing up the upper
octaves and the very lowest bass. but these are actually quite nice
and easy to work with. Go figgur!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I spent a lot of time on the D I complained
about several months ago, and now have it sounding quite nice after switching
it with the main stage for the big lecture hall. Juiced some more
(tilting action on the side and applying under the crown.) It's pretty
good. Not a concerto instrument by any means (telling me a soundboard
tiredness issue....and all say it was never very powerful...so, a soundboard
problem from the beginning, maybe???). </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Just thought y'all should know that
there is no reliable expectations on any set. I have a couple other
sets for some M's to get to later this summer and fall when returning from
KC. We'll see....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So, I will also add that the Abel Naturals
are always very predictable from set to set. Hmmmmmm... I get
great reviews on pianos I put these on; on different brands....Perhaps
that I've now become used to them and know what they do since they're pretty
much the same set to set....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Who all is going to KC? Should
be a great conference. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best, and see you there, I hope!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Kent and all,</font><font size=3>
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I quite discouraged with the set of factory hammers for one of our D's
we discussed a couple months ago. I've had to juice them several
times all over. I still don't like the tenor and killer octaves all
the way up to C-7. They're hung nice and straight, but for fun, I
moved the action in and out a small amount (like2-4mm) to see if the killer
area was going to need altering in the strike point. Not much happened,
so they stay where they are.</font><font size=3> <br>
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Of course, they haven't had a lot of playing in yet. I get so-so
fff and the ppp is pretty good. I don't like much of anything inbetween
except the middle 2 octaves and bass. It's just weak sounding. String
mating is good and regulation is great, so it's either that these aren't
a great set of hammers, or the soundboard has some issues (this piano is
from the 80's or early 90's) It was a C&A piano, so it's got
a different serial number, but that's what Richard West says, and since
he was here, that's what it is...</font><font size=3> <br>
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I might consider trying some Hamburg hammers sometime, but I'll really
have to think long and hard about getting another NY set.</font><font size=3>
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What about y'all?</font><font size=3> <br>
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Paul</font><font size=3> <br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [CAUT] How much voicing on new NY
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I have found no consistent answer to your question. The last set of D hammers
I put on needed to be juiced up a bit in the top two sections and was then
ready to go; the set before that has been juiced twice throughout and is
not yet bright enough; the one before that was OK in the tenor but needed
to be juiced everywhere else. <br>
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Hanging these is like spinning the wheel of fortune. I'd be interested
in knowing where yours land. <br>
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Kent <br>
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On Oct 13, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: <br>
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Hi all</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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Quick question; how much voicing is typically needed on the new NY
hammers for our D? I have a very small window to put a set on our
D in the main hall. They're pre-hung and I have them here in the
shop. The project starts tomorrow.</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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Thanks</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Paul</font><font size=3> <br>
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