<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" 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"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=us-ascii"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Generator> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK= href="cid:filelist.xml@01C52E29.29B65840"= rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName"= namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:Sm= artTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple= link=blue>Yeah, I'm with Dave on this.   Forget the= hammer soaking unless you really want a= can-o-worms... David I. <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: David Love= <DAVIDLOVEPIANOS@COMCAST.NET> To: 'College and University= Technicians' <CAUT@PTG.ORG> Received: Mon, 21 Mar 2005= 15:17:58 -0800 Subject: RE: [CAUT] Voicing a Yamaha= C-7 <DIV class=Section1> I guess the question is what is a German sound?<SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes">  You can certainly voice= a Yamaha down and a new C7 should be able to produce a warmer= and rounder tone than you are apparently getting if voiced= properly.  The best= approach, i.e. where to stick the needles, will depend on the= goal and the current condition of the hammers.<SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes">  The usual process of= creating resilience (springiness) in the shoulders, work toward= the strike point to take out harshness on a firm blow and trim= it out with sugar coating and lots of single string needling to= smooth out the attack should work.  I’ve found the new C-7 hammers to be very= workable and I don’t think you will need to change the hammers= or resort to more radical treatments of soaking with hammers= with alchohol which tends to change= the structure of the hammer a bit too much for my liking.<SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I would certainly start= with needles before resorting to more drastic measures. <SPAN= style="mso-spacerun:= yes"> <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:= Arial"><o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <st1:PersonName>David Love</st1:PersonName> davidlovepianos@comcast.net= <o:p></o:p></DIV> -----Original Message----- <SPAN= style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From: caut-bounces@ptg.org= [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Clarence Zeches <SPAN= style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent: Monday, March 21,= 2005 1:11 PM To: caut@ptg.org <SPAN= style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: [CAUT] Voicing a= Yamaha C-7<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have= a college department chair who wants their almost new (2 years= old) Yamaha C-7 voiced down to get a more “German” sound.<SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes">  The college built a new= performance center and one of the trustees of the college, who= happens to own a Yamaha dealership, gave the school a new= C-7.  The department= chair didn’t want that piano in the auditorium but that is where= the trustee wanted it to go.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I think= the Auditorium seats about 350 and has fairly good= acoustics.  The room= is used for theater performances as well.<SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes">  She complains that the= piano is very bright and overpowers a vocalist, even if= accompanist uses the shift pedal.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I guess= my question is can I ever get that “German” sound out of Yamaha= hammers?  If so,= what is my best approach with the= needles?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Clarence Zeches<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></DIV></BODY></H= TML>