List - You know the sound. More than any other single make, I have found nearly all of the newer (last 15 years) Baldwin Hamiltons to have a terribly "woody" tone, esp. from the killer octave on up. Whereas the older Hamiltons got played to death in schools and churches and got very bright and brittle, at least they respond (usually) to steam and/or needle voicing to soothe the tone. So far I have not found steam or needling, nor hardening, to have much positive effect of these newer ones, and find that the tone continues to deteriorate fairly quickly with regular use, getting duller. Anyone with a cure, or at least a suggestion for improving, this woody sound? They're like beating a dead horse.... Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com
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