I just tried to find the post that Roger wrote some years ago on steam voicing (I think he posted it on the list) but couldn't find it. I did, however, find this reference to the PTJ article. According to Roger, there's an article in the May 1999 Journal. Avery Todd Houston, TX On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > Julia - The best way to steam voice hammers is the Roger Jolly method. He > has published articles in the PTG Journal describing the method - he has > also lectured on the subject. I don't know what issue has the article - > maybe someone else knows. > > The method is basically as follows: Cut several maybe 3" by 12" pieces of > cotton material - like bedsheets. Dampen them. Lay the damp material over > the hammer strike points. Take a hot iron with the brass ironing caul > (Pianotek sells them) and iron the damp material with the hammer underneath. > The hot hammer instantly heats the water in the cotton and turns it to steam > and applies it directly to the hammer. One needs to experiment a bit at > first to learn how hot to make the iron and how much water to put on the > material. Once you get that down the process is extremely fast, effective > and controllable. You can reverse the process by dry ironing the hammers. I > use this method almost exclusively when doing extreme voicing (turning NASTY > hammers into something resembling a piano hammer). > > If the hammer is properly glued, it will not cause any problems. I've never > had a hammer come unglued, and I've done this hundreds of times. > > Terry Farrell > > On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:56 AM, KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote: > > Greetings Will, > > No, I have never tried steaming them. What do you use, a > clothes/vallet steamer? Hot rag? > Won't steaming them cause them to unglue/unravel? > > Thanks > Julia Gottshall > Reading, PA > > In a message dated 9/11/2009 3:25:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, > wimblees at aol.com writes: > > Julia > > Have you tried steam voicing these hammers? It's amazing how soft you can > get them. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Mililani, Oahu, HI > 808-349-2943 > Author of: > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > > ------------------------------ > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090916/03ff53dd/attachment.htm>
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