hello, Andre forget the idea to try firmer punchings. Id say make some essay with firmer front punching, and regulate the hammer travel so the production of tone occur at the same moment that the key bottoms (try that with your customer) Indeed fine filing and good regulation can help a lot to begin with, on those pianos, the soft bottoming is taking of a lot of crispness and may be that is what bother the tone also. Best regards, and if the customer want a Pear River tone, he may buy a Pearl river, the musical intention of this brand is specific <G> Isaac OLEG (refraining from innerving !) -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de ilex cameron ross Envoyé : samedi 14 août 2004 19:46 À : pianotech@ptg.org Objet : lacquering hammers greetings! YES those who are easily exasperrated by newbies can skip this if necessary. but up until now i've successfully avoided lacquering hammers and managed to brighten everything via fine-filing and ironing hammers. a good chunk of my experience and schooling has been on asian pianos that rarely if ever needed brightening anyway. however, i have a customer who just bought a kawai ge-20 and wants it to sound like a pearl river - ?!???!? so, i'm heading into the realm of lacquering hammers. what are some tips and things to avoid? what brands/types do you recommend for lacquer/thinner? btw, this is a last-minute service request, so i need to be able to get my supplies locally, at a hardware store or wherever. sorry if this is a repeat question and i'm showing my newbie hide here; i really have tried searching the ptg website for any archives or articles and it's not so friendly in that sense. or i'm an idiot - completely possible! thanks in advance for the help! -ilex _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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