<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re:</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you Ray.  I try this right = now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Stéphane Collin (Brussels, Belgium <A href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">collin.s@skynet.be</A>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Ray@Bentley.net href="mailto:Ray@Bentley.net">Ray T. = Bentley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 30, = 2002 3:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Stephane,<BR><BR>Be sure the hammers are as smooth as = you can get them!  Use progressively finer grades of sandpaper until you = get them very smooth!  Gang filing with large sheets of sandpaper work = best.  Virgil Smith made a fine presentation on this in Kansas City a = few years ago.  The tone will sparkle without being harsh.  Of course, = overly hard hammers may require some needling, but smoothness is absolutely = essential to beautiful tone.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>-- <BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Alton, IL<BR>ray@bentley.net<BR>www.ray.bentley.net<BR><BR>The difficult, I = do right away.  The impossible takes a little longer. <BR><BR><B>From: </B>Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><B>Reply-To: </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Date: </B>Wed, 30 = Jan 2002 13:24:59 +0100<BR><B>To: </B><pianotech@ptg.org><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Hello.<BR><BR>When I do the voicing of a piano, I am often = confronted with this problem : how can I reduce the agressivity of = the attack, without loosing the beautiful overtones in the body of the = sound ?  When dealing with a set of hammers that sound agressive in a particular piano and trying to cure the agressiveness, I always end = up with a mellow sound and substancial loss of power.  While some = times, I have pianos that are and clear, and powerful, yet not agressive. =  Any ideas ?  Thank you.<BR><BR>Stéphane Collin (Brussels, Belgium)<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>