Hi Ed and all the rest, >From: Ed Carwithen <musicman@eoni.com> >Subject: voicing > >Piano is a Baldwin Acrosonic. Probably about 5 or 6 yrs old. > >Tonight she told me that the tone was becoming unpleasantly bright or >harsh. She resorted to putting some pillows behind it, because as some of >her better students played, it would become almost painful. I've been known to play like that ...... it sells a lot of tunings. Perhaps if she was a better teacher .... naw,... how about if her students would play better .... naw .... hmmm how about if she were to leave the room while her students played their lessons ....... uh uh. Let's see ....... I know!! Stuff the pillows in her ears rather than the piano!! > >Is mere voicing going to help here, or should I do something else. I have >considered the Woolite treatment, which I have never used before, but am >willing to try. Alcohol and water. Rexall, not Everclear, and clean water ..... not barnyard water. Too much alcohol and you don't get the effect of the water doing it's thing. To little alcohol and the water surface tension is to THICK to penetrate the Accutink felt. What you want to do is loosen the felt a bit on the surface of the hammer. I run a small bead ....... from a hypo bottle ...... right along the strike surface. Blow dry with hair dryer or a hand held King Kong breather. What ever's handy out there in Kattle Phlat. This can be done with the action in the piano. Listen to the results. Reapply in the areas where it needs more .... usually I leave the top octave alone. Dry, listen, needle to level as needed. I've had this method last many years on PianoDisc installations. I'll bet this pianner has Accusnap tuning pins, Accubad fallboard, and an Accupuke soundboard. Just curious. AccuLar Larry Fisher RPT specialist in players, retrofits, and other complicated stuff phone 360-256-2999 or email larryf@pacifier.com http://www.pacifier.com/~larryf/ (revised 10/96) Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water
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