<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190444223-20082003>I'm right with ya. I have a customer that = owns a Yamaha C7 with hammers that sound like cotton mallets. I sure wish I could help = out, but I just don't know how and don't know where to get the training = without draining my bank account.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190444223-20082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190444223-20082003>Richard</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of = </B>Alan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech; Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Dope needs dope dope<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>I've made a = batch of plastic keytop in acetone and am about to put it on the new bass = hammers that I installed in a Baldwin 6000.  Even after filing and many = hours of playing, these hammers sound like mooshy marshmallows floofing up = against the strings. Questions: How much dope per hammer? Where should I put = it on the hammers and where should I NOT put it? Any other dope dope = appreciated. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>Side note: </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>I did the = Randy Potter course and have picked up much at PTG chapter meetings and from you = wonderful people on the list, but mostly it's been on-the-job, on-my-own, and </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>learn-from-your-mistakes for me over the last three = years. But it sure seems that there is a not very short list of things that = reeeeeally should be learned with tutelage--and this includes voicing. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>I think it just isn't sufficient to read about techniques; you have to hear = examples and learn to listen to subtleties that just aren't present in 98.632% = of the neglected pianos in rural America. Most customers can't really hear or = appreciate the difference and won't be paying for it. So there is = precious little practice opportunity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>THIS piano, = however, demands attention and resides in the practice hall of some very = professional musicians of the 399th Army Band. So I must = venture!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT face=Arial>Next = conference, I'm going to spend the bucks and get into every voicing workshop I can!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=250430618-20082003><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.512 / = Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>