<WBR>Julia<br>
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Have you tried steam voicing? That really takes the edge off the sound. Try a little on one hammer and see what reaction you get. After you do all of them, needle voice for more subtle changes. On uprights, I voice by pushing one needle in at about 1 o'clock, but going across the top, and not down in. (Like you're trying to slice off the top of the hammer). I repeat as many times as needed to get the sound I want. <br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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From: KeyKat88@aol.com<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Sun, 4 May 2008 4:32 pm<br>
Subject: Voicing Help<br>
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<div> 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 <EM>packed ha</EM>rd too! Is Yamaha hammer quality the problem? What am I doing wrong? ...or aren't I needling enough? </div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
<div>Julia Gottshall</div>
<div>Reading, PA </div>
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