At 3:51 AM -0600 5/8/04, Dave Nereson wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Corte Swearingen" <cswearingen@daigger.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 6:57 AM >Subject: Re: ?? Voice ?? > > Hello, >> Since we are talking about voicing techniques, has anybody had much >success >> with that little upright voicing tool that Yamaha sells? This thing is > > essentially a small L-shaped bracket that hold three needles. ... > >... In the small L-shaped one for uprights, I have only 1 needle as I find >it too hard to push more than that into most hammers. You can't quite get >to the underside in a lot of cases, and also scratch up the back of your >hand on pressure bar screws, etc., but the tool is useful since there's >nothing else I know of. ... fyi: Renner has a version of this type tool: http://rennerusa.com/Technicians/Tools/tools.html (It's the one on the right in the picture of seven tools) A bit more comfortable in the hand when using for any length of time. Keith -- Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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