Thanks, Ron. I agree. For whatever it's worth! :-) Avery At 08:04 PM 11/6/03 -0600, you wrote: >>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 > > > >--- >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 >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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