voicing or???

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Edward:

Before you do any voicing, it might be good to first determine if the
problem is with the hammer or not. No amount of voicing will fix a
soundboard, rib, or string problem. I would suggest first that you
switch a couple of hammer-shank-flange assemblies. This will tell you
immediately if the problem was not in the hammer.

Could you describe the sound to us a little better if indeed the 
problem is in the hammer? Is the tone dull, thumpy, twangy, short 
duration, bright sound develops too quickly, etc.?

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Edward Carwithen wrote:

> I have a yamaha 5'7" grand (E2865531), which I have worked on for a couple
> of years.  It's in a church.  The problem now is F4.  It has a different
> tone quality than the others around.  I've been back several times, but I
> can't seem to solve the problem.  I did voicing, and I checked the level of
> the strings, and that they were being struck by the hammer evenly (that
> helped, but didn't solve).  I'm kind of stuck.  What else can I do to even
> out the tone with the notes above and below.
>   Almost sounds out of tune, but the SAT has each string exactly right....
> I thought out-of-phase, but not sure how to fix it.  Can anyone give me a
> suggestion to try?
> 
> Ed Carwithen
> John Day, OR
> Ed Carwithen
> Oregon
>