<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>We got our new Yamaha CFIIIS 3 weeks ago, and it is very nice.  Nice round tone perfect for our 500 seat recital hall.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, next week it will be moved to the Meyerson Symphony Hall to be used in a concerto.  Our artist-in-residence likes the sound as it is now for our hall, but in competing with the orchestra next week, wants some extra "zip" to the top octave or so.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Can anyone thing of an appropriate way to voice this up, then successfully bring it back down after the concerto performance?  Unless I hear some better idea, I'll probably keytop the last octave or so, then steam it down when it gets back.  I really hate doing this to a brand new piano, but....  On the other hand, I guess this is why Yamaha sells replacement hammers!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>