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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another words deep needling in the low
shoulders...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</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=oleg-i@wanadoo.fr href="mailto:oleg-i@wanadoo.fr">Isaac =
OLEG</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 21, 2003 =
3:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Yamaha CFIII =
Voicing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>In
too brilliant rooms it is not easy to voice down, probably impossible =
in
fact.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>If
the lower part of the hammer is packed down ad rigid because of the =
use and
the dryness of the air you should eventually treat them back to =
life as
if they were new.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>in
1987 I am not sure that CFIII hammers where as good as the actual =
ones, that
are clearly on the mellow side by my standards, but at this stage , =
the C7 is
probably mellower.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Nowadays high shoulder needling , if the top of the hammer is =
not
lively, product not really long lasting results (if needled too softly =
too) .
On the other hand, even if you bring back some energy there, on old =
hammers,
your job will not hold as much as on recent ones.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>It
is usual to bring back some tension from below before treating the =
high zones,
sometime, you eventually realize that the top have been too much =
needled, and
that you may shave a bit to keep some energy active =
there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>If
the voicing don't last it is because only the higher regions of the =
hammer are
involved in the tone making, allowing the hammer to move more deep =
help to
keep the top active longer, because it does not compress on the low =
shoulders
as much as it is more suspended.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Clear as ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Sorry its late.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>Best
regards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=538444522-21032003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Isaac OLEG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=538444522-21032003>I</SPAN>saac
OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de =
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la part de</B> Tom
Merrill<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> vendredi 21 mars 2003
17:32<BR><B>À :</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> =
Yamaha CFIII
Voicing<BR><BR></FONT></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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>