---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment >But Ron, my question still remains. Why should it be necessary to stab >ANY hammer that many times to get a decent sound. IMHO, if that's the >case, the hammer isn't being "pressed" correctly! Wrong? > >OK, I'll go to bed now and behave myself! > >Avery I agree completely, Avery, but you can't call anything "wrong" on this list. It's a rule of some sort. So we consider thousand jab needling to be a voicing technique that is reserved for that special category of hammers that have apparently been quarried rather than manufactured, and yet must be brought somewhere near the edge of usability by whatever means we have available to us. As far as I'm concerned, if the manufacturer didn't want the piano to sound like a Xylophone on steroids, they would have put on a decent hammer in the first place. Ron N ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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