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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your ideas.</FONT></DIV>
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<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></BODY></HTML>