voicing Wurzen hammers

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Ric,
                 I have not found that the Renner AA Blue's needing that 
amount of needling.  Wow you must be getting much harder hammers.

Regards Roger


At 04:24 PM 7/26/2005, you wrote:
>Nothing really magical here Mark.  Traditional voicing proceedures work 
>best with Wurzen felt pressed at reasonable levels. You should have to 
>open up the hammers a bit in the middle sections, tho you shouldnt have to 
>deal with any draconian needling proceedures.  Usually somewhere between 
>20-40 deep needling stabs (with 3 needles in your tool) stagered up and 
>down the shoulders is enough to get a fine basic first voice.
>Usually you end up with most of your needling in the midbass through the 
>tenor and into the C5-C6 octave area.  Lowest bass may need a bit of 
>juice, and the highest range (at least from F7 upwards)  usually always 
>needs a bit of help.
>
>Get ahold of Andre for some very good specifics advice on needling. But in 
>general your first voicing is about opening up the hammers for power and 
>the basic tone picture you are after. Not much is done up close to the 
>crown.  Reshaping and mating is done, along with any string leveling 
>needed before going on to the second voicing. I find it nice to wait over 
>nite after the first voicing anyways.
>
>Cheers
>RicB
>
>
>Greetings -
>I have installed my first set of Wurzen hammers - from Ray - and am quite 
>pleased with
>the results.  I have read numerous posts indicating that in most cases 
>little or no voicing is required except for doping the extreme high 
>treble, but in this case
>- an M & H "B" - I find that the tenor and low treble need opened up a 
>fair amount.
>Knowing that there is inherently something different about the way this 
>felt is formed
>I thought it prudent to check with those experienced in voicing these 
>hammers if traditional voicing techniques apply.
>Anything uniquely specific about voicing this felt?
>Thanks!
>Mark Potter
>
>
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