brightening a Yamaha

[Porritt, David]

Alan:

Is it really a lack of "brilliance" or lack of power & sustain?  If it
really is lack-of-brilliance take your clothes iron (you do carry a
regular clothes iron with you, don't you) and set it a little hotter
than Wool and see if that gets you anything.  If it doesn't do much, at
least you've done something that he could see and you can then do the
slight-of-hand routine. ;-) 

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of reggaepass at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:17 AM
To: caut at ptg.org; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: brightening a Yamaha

Hi Lists,

A client with a two year old Yamaha U1F complains that the C5-B5 octave 
is not as bright as the rest of the piano.  I listenened, and proposed 
to voice down the surrounding octaves.  He wants me to brighten up the 
octave in question instead.  I've never had to make a Yamaha brighter 
before.  I would probably be inclined toward some slight of hand if not 
for the fact that he sits there and watches the entire time I am 
working on his piano.

I cannot imagine juicing Yamaha hammers.  Is there another way to go 
other than filing the hammers in the C5-B5 octave?

Thanks,

Alan Eder
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