Dear colleagues - I am happy to report that the voicing of the hammers has succeeded! The piano sounds as nice as any of the best that I've ever heard! I reviewed all of the replies to my original question and found them carefully thought through and extremely helpful. Not to mention very supportive and collegial - exactly what I believe PTG is all about! I also had an opportunity to speak with Tom Kaplan, who is Yamaha's service consultant here on the East Coast. Tom suggested that I had overneedled the shoulders. That was congruent with what I was hearing: all I had left was a hard wedge of felt at and below the striking point. After further consideration, I used some Supertone on the shoulders. It brought the hammers almost exactly to where I wanted them to be! Once the shoulders were rehabilitated, the hammers again were working as a unit. This is a great lesson, and I would like to again thank all of you who have responded. I hope that I can help in a similar fashion in the future! Best regards, Tom Sheehan, RPT NY Chapter aquinas@nyct.net
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