alcohol voicing (was: Reactionary curmudgeon)

[Paul]

Susan
Would you be blocking the dampers up and raising the hammers to about let
off to reach the  shoulders or hammer tips with the "juice"?

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Kline <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: alcohol voicing (was: Reactionary curmudgeon)


> At 04:18 PM 08/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >Susan,
> >Sounds like a good  idea.  I wonder if there is available at feed and
> >grain stores, veterinarian syringes with a long needle?
> >Larry Messerly, RPT
> >Prescott/Phoenix
>
> Might be something to check out.
>
> Also, the "hot stuff" bottles have a very, very loooooooooong piece of
> veeerrrrrrrryy small diameter plastic tubing that comes with them, don't
they?
> Might be adaptable to voicing with alcohol through the strings.
>
> I think that "technique" may be the name of the game for doing this. It
> would be very easy to make a mess. Might be a good idea to lay a towel
> on the tuning pin area, and over the agraffes, before starting.  "Don't
> make the same mistake once," and all that ...
>
> Susan
>