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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I shouldn't say "I hate to say this" =
but there's no
question that a set of Isaac Cadenza, or, for that matter, Cadenza S =
hammers
would do everything you want; give you color, voicing stability and a =
musical
instrument everyone will love. I do hate to tell yu that the =
Yamaha
hammers will, in all likelyhood, go back to being too bright no matter =
what you
do in the way of voicing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With a similar set of Yamaha hammers I =
have taken
my Dremel tool with a large needle (.050" diameter) and drilled it into =
the flat
side of the hammer following the outside contour every 1/16th" so that =
the point
of the needle came out on the opposite side and I was successful in =
getting some
color out of the hammers but, guess what... after a while, a =
shorter while
depending on the use, the hammers went right back to being what they =
are.
Also, there is more color with that kind of voicing but compared to the =
Cadenza
or Cadenza S I'm afraid you're in a different world.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know this sounds like selling =
but it
happens to be so.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ari. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gjtuner@attbi.com href="mailto:gjtuner@attbi.com">Tom =
Merrill</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, March 21, 2003 =
11:32
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha CFIII =
Voicing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am the contract tech at Mesa State =
College in
Grand Junction, CO. We have a new 280 seat recital hall that has a =
very bright
lively acoustic and is easily overdriven by vocals and =
instrumentals.
I'm having a "dickens" of a time keeping the Yamaha CFIII (circa 1987) =
with
Yamaha hammers voiced down fairly mellow yet articulate to please the
pianists. They want lots of color with projection, but not too
loud. The piano gets used for solos and accompanying small =
ensembles and
vocals.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took every voicing class and =
voicing tutoring
in Chicago last summer and the Little Red School House last fall, but =
lack the
30 years experience demanded by the situation!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can get the level of brightness =
where we like
it for a short period of time by </FONT><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>high
shoulder needling and a little sugarcoating on the crown. =
But a
week or two later, the felt packs down and it gets too bright =
again.
I've read in the archives that this piano has a fairly heavy SB =
structure to
compensate for the softer woods in the rim and needs a fairly robust =
(w)hammer
to get things moving. It seems to me that we may have the wrong
instrument and/or hammers for the application and <FONT face=Arial =
size=2>that
if we want a delicate, articulate colorful piano, we oughta buy a =
Steinway
that sounds that way to begin with. Too bad the State of =
Colorado
doesn't win its own lottery....</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else successful in what I =
am trying to
do and could share some tips? I've thought about putting on a =
set
of Isaac Cadenzas. Is this a good idea? The other piano in =
the room
for duets is a Yamaha C7 (circa 2000). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your ideas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Merrill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grand Junction, CO (where minimum =
wage is a high
paying job)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>