Voicing Help

[Ed Sutton]

Dale-

Good to know that. I've bought a set of Abel Naturals for my U-1, which I hope to install while I can still hear.

Julia-

Meanwhile I spray the crowns lightly with rubbing alcohol (to slightly dampen the felt), then brush lightly. As David says, it doesn't last, but it takes 2 minutes to do every few weeks.

Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: erwinspiano at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:23 PM
  Subject: Re: Voicing Help





    Julia
    I have never understood the Yamaha hammer design philosophy. They come back to the place you've described frequently. even with my best job of voicing I can not get the tone I want or the tone to last with a majority of OEM hammers.
     So many good low compression hammers works so well in these pianos.  The Ronsen is a good one with 3 felts to choose from. I'd go Bacon or VFG felt. The Wurzen felt can be a bit  stiff in these pianos. I find the piano in general can develop more tonal potential & dynamics & a more enjoyable tone overall with replacement hammers. Others may disagree....I'm ok with that.
    Dale Erwin


  Greetings,

           I usually shallow needle my Yami's U3 hammers after tuning to take off the "glassy" edge. However, after 10+ years of playing on this piano (This is my personal piano), sugar-coating ain't cutting it anymore.  The hammers sound ear-piercing. I side needled the area just in front of the wood core, but this only alleviated the ear piercing sound a little. These hammers were packed hard too!  Is Yamaha hammer quality the problem?  What am I doing wrong? ...or aren't I needling enough?  

  Thanks
  Julia Gottshall
  Reading, PA 





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