>In a message dated 96-06-22 13:06:37 EDT, you write: > >> Was surprised that nobody mentioned the possibility that the hammers at >>the break might have been voiced to death at some point. I have noticed that >>the last few treble hammers are occasionally over-voiced in an effort to >>smooth the transition to the bass. I would have shifted a hammer from 5 or 6 >>notes up down to the break... just to see if that were the problem. > >Jeff mentions that the hammers may have been over voiced, which brings to >mind for me a question I've had with voicing bass hammers in general. Have >any technicians actually had success in voicing out unpleasant noises in bass >strings? If so would you be willing to share your method? I've always >wondered if in the end you're just lowering their volume by softening the >hammers, the unpleasant sounds still present? > >David Sanderson >Pianobiz@aol.com > > >Dave. It has been my experience that the basic proceedure of making SURE that both strings are being struck at exactly the same time ( I call it STRIND TIMING will eliminate about 85% of all voicing problems. Then if you have one of the strings louder than the other, single needle right in the grove....... Tom Cobble RPT
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