voiceing

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In a message dated 2/16/2002 2:12:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tito@PhilBondi.com writes:


> Subj: Re: voicing
> Date: 2/16/2002 2:12:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:    tito@PhilBondi.com (Phil Bond)
> Sender:    owner-pianotech@ptg.org
> reply to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:    pianotech@ptg.org
> 
> . Phil wrote
> If someone reading this can tell me what their 'magic' method is for 
> getting a piano from sounding like a bucket of broken glass to something 
> resembling a piano, I'm listening. There's a few 'buckets' out here that 
> could be better if they were 'properly maintained.'
    
   >>>>>>>.  I have dealt with this in a variety of tactful and professional 
ways.
  First explain about the possibility of broken strings. If they've already 
broken one and had it replaced and Haitian the ever out of tune sound 
consider your foot in the door. If not tell them the piano has much more 
musical potential than it's currently demonstrating. Offer to voice one or 
two notes and if they don't like it you'll restore it to the previous 
condition. It's also important to tell them the piano was never intended to 
sound like that and that it's in a mechanical state beyond its design 
parameters.
   
   Also the piano will not stay tuned long with the hammers crashing about on 
the strings. That's why the piano is never in tune.
    Frankly I've also persuaded many to replace the petrified felt hammers 
with legitimate hammers and then voiced it to speak. It is possible to have 
good hammers voiced to put out a lot of pretty sound and crisp ones without 
the shattering glass effect.  If after a time several tunings and attempts 
have clients unwilling to change the tone from the breaking glass syndrome I 
politely tell them that pianos this loud will damage my hearing and theirs 
and that perhaps they should contact someone else. There is only so much I'm 
going to put up with and maintaining mediocrity is not one of them.
  In My experience the number ONE COMPLAINT of new piano owners is that the 
piano is too loud or bright. There the ones usually opening the door to this 
not me.  Most piano makers hammers are designed to get the piano onto the 
delivery truck and out the door but not to a stable well voiced musical 
sounding piano.
       Does this help?
 >>>>>>>>Dale Erwin
    

> 
> AMEN,
> Phil
>  
> 



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