<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C2EFF2.42F71B90"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=FR-CA link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:35.4pt'> <div class=Section1> Tom<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I work at University Laval in Québec and I take care of the 3 S&S D = in our 240 seat recital hall.<o:p></o:p> If yours piano is use 12 hours every day like us. You should convince yours = boss to change the hammer every 5 years.<o:p></o:p> It takes me 10 years to convince our = Dean…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Good lock<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName>Serge Harel</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----M= essage d'origine----- De : = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] De la = part de Tom Merrill Envoyé : 21 mars, = 2003 12:32 À : = caut@ptg.org Objet : Yamaha CFIII = Voicing <o:p> </o:p> <div> List:<o:p></o:= p> </div> <div> 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.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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!!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I can get the level of = brightness where we like it for a short period of time by 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 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....<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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).  = <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Thanks for your = ideas.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Tom = Merrill<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Grand Junction, CO (where = minimum wage is a high paying job)<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>