Improving Projection..

[jolly roger]

Hi Rook,
              When the hammers are like glass, the tone tends to be harsh
and in your face at the piano but it does not carry. Needle or steam them
down, the sustain will go up quite a bit, and the harmonic spectrum will
fatten out.  This will give you a little more projection.
Tighten up the let off, and increase the blow distance and dip can also
help. ( That action will work just fine at 1 7/8" blow .040dip. It will
leave you with about .020" after touch)
Check the hammer flange pinning 4-5 swings.  Any more and you lose projection.
Bigger piano would be the ideal solution.
Regards Roger.


At 06:45 AM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Good Morning Class.
>
>I service a Wurlitzer C-153 that is that is now being used 6 nights a week
>in a local restaurant. The last time I tuned it (4 weeks ago!), I noticed
>that there was little to no projection coming from this little Grand.
>
>The Piano was bought originally with the 'intent' of it being used 2 nights
>a week...well now...since the restaurant is doing well and the patrons like
>"wallpaper", it is being used more than what it is really desingned
>for..right Roger?!?
>
>The piano sits on a tile floor, so there's no carpeting to soak up the
>sound, or in this case, the lack of it.
>
>The hammers are probably as hard as the tile floor, and I will inspect them
>at my next tuning (ie: the next time they complain about the piano).
>
>suggestions warmly welcomed,
>roo(k)
>