Modern Tone

[Barbara Richmond]

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Dale,=20

I know what you mean.  When I got the call to come work for a =
university, I went from working for a Kawai dealer to a building full of =
over-lacquered Steinway hammers--and no rebuilding budget!   :-0   After =
discovering my Kawai techniques were for Kawai pianos (big grin), the =
only thing I could do was shape hammers and try some needling.  It =
helped *somewhat*.  Still, the pianos were no where near my ideals and =
then a friend told me about (politically incorrect) hammer softeners.  I =
learned to work with them--I had no choice, really.  And even though I'm =
no longer at that university, I'm *still* following the techs who let =
the lacquer flow freely, so I've hardly ever worked on Steinway hammers =
that HAVEN'T been over-lacquered.  Ah, there's always something to =
learn! =20

Wally Brooks got me going on the fundamentals of voicing in the early to =
mid eighties.  Can't remember which seminar it was--but it was the =
starting point of my success. =20

My encouraging you??!!!!   Well, it *is* nice to find partners in =
crime........  ;-)

Barbara
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Erwinspiano@aol.com=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:42 AM
  Subject: Re: Modern Tone=20


    Barbara
    Well isn't it good to know the tonal pendulum is swinging & that =
quite a few of us are feeling it's breeze &on the same page here.:=20
      The tone issue is what pushed me out of being a full time tuner & =
farther and farther into rebuilding/ building & finding  my own tonal =
brand of piano restoration. I had to get away from all the clangers & =
bangers coming from the pacific rim to preserve my hearing/sanity.
      It started with the revelation that I really didn't enjoy the =
sound of most pianos I heard. This meant I had to learn to voice. Norman =
Neblett gave me my very first hands on voicing lesson in 1979 on a =
Yamaha CF. After that  I was then armed & dangerous. Promptly went out & =
applied Yamaha voivcing techniques to a set of old Steinway hammers. =
Well that didnt' work. So after I replaced that set ... for free, I =
decided I had to learn a few more things.  Oh well . It's been an =
awesome trip & I'm liking a lot of what I hear these days.
   Thanks for the encouragement!
    Dale
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