voicing pliers

[pianolover 88]

I'll be careful NOT to ask what time it is! Lol. (Hope that reference is not 
too hip for the room; eh...list!)



Terry Peterson






----Original Message Follows----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: davidlovepianos@earthlink.net, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Subject: RE: voicing pliers
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:04:41 -0800

Hear, hear!

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


 > [Original Message]
 > From: Carol Beigel <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
 > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
 > Date: 11/6/2003 4:17:15 PM
 > Subject: voicing pliers
 >
 > Using voicing pliers would be like tuning with an air wrench.  Although
the
 > idea is to use many jabs to soften the hammer felt, the goal is to get 
the
 > "feel" of what the felt should feel like.  You can only develop this 
skill
 > with practice.  However, once learned, the pianos can sound more
magnificent
 > than you could have imagined with just steam or rote punctures.  Practice
 > using  a single needle tool; learn what parts of the hammer are voiced 
for
 > power, sustain, or intense harmonics.  Many, many times all the client
wants
 > is for their piano to sound better and they usually don't know the
 > difference between tuning and voicing.  The best tuning in the world will
 > still sound unsatifactory if the hammers need even just a little "sugar
 > coating".
 >
 > I find that after all these years in the business, voicing is a more
 > critical skill than tuning. It is voicing that brings out the tone and
makes
 > pianos sound their finest. Not even the stringing scale, design of the
 > soundboard, materials used or perfection of craftsmanship in design and
 > building of a piano will make a piano sound all it can become if the
voicing
 > is not done skillfully.  Probably the hardest skill you will ever learn
as a
 > piano technician!
 >
 > Carol Beigel, RPT
 >
 >
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