<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000;= FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7= rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000= size=2> <DIV align=left>What section of the piano?  Is there crown= & bearing?  Does it have that sound like the string is= tuned 400-cents low?  </DIV> <P>dave</P> <DIV= align=left><BR>__________________________________________</DIV> <DIV align=left>David M. Porritt, RPT</DIV> <DIV align=left>Meadows School of the Arts</DIV> <DIV align=left>Southern Methodist University</DIV> <DIV align=left>Dallas, TX 75275</DIV> <DIV align=left><A= href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A></D= IV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A= href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>><BR>To:= <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received:= Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:29:38 EDT<BR>Subject: [CAUT] voicing a= D</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>  </DIV> <DIV>I need some help from some of you who have lots of voicing= experience.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The D in our concert hall has a problem, at least as= perceived by one of our piano faculty and a musicologist. They= differ on where they hear the problem, but it seems to be the= same sound they hear. They describe it as a wave length that is= very wide, as opposed to a more focused wave. It is not so much= a twangy sound and it lack a certain amount of depth. They are= even leaning towards a soundboard problem. The piano is only 2= years old. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have lacquered and voiced the hammers last year, and this= summer spent quite a bit of time leveling strings, making the= sure the hammer strike point is level, etc. All the usual fine= point. But I want to see what I can do to get more "focus" out= of the hammer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>