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<font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Hi Joe,
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<div>Thanks so much for this--very informative. Just the in-depth detail about the seminar I was after. Looking forward to hanging Ronsens on Yamahas in the near future.</div>
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<div>All the best,<br>
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Alan Eder<br>
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From: Joe Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; caut <caut@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 4:42 am<br>
Subject: [pianotech] Fw: Actions By Design<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Folks<</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thought I would update my thoughts on the recent
Reno Seminar.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Two things </font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Met a tool I got to have ( grand hammer head
extractor pliers )</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Feature that sold me on the tool was that the
leverage it uses to pop the hammer off the shank is much greater than any of the
other tools of similar function. Its compact sturdy construction makes it very
easy to remove the hammer with less danger of affecting flange pinning when
removing the hammer while parts are still attached to the rail. </font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Dale's tool is available from
Pianoforte.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Secondly,</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Have you ever heard a Yamaha Grand not mostly sound
like a Jazz only instrument?</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ray Negron & Weickert felt
hammers.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ray took us through the process of how his company
(my thoughts) has returned to the old way of making hammers.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Not the new way of Hot pressed hammers, that need
the tech with a arm like Godzilla, to </font><font size="2" face="Arial">needle the
hammer into submission,</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">to produce a reasonable tone.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Our day was mostly spent the first half with Dale
The second half with Ray, with the host's Yamaha grand used as a work
bench.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">At 3:55 PM the piano was cleaned off and Wade
Muncy, the owner proceeded to play a very romantic jazz tune. Followed by
several other tecs who</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">played other styles that made the piano show
what it was able to produce and support stylistically.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">No attempts at pre voicing were done, this was a
raw hung set of hammers.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I think from the comments made, all were as stunned
and pleased as I, at the range of dynamics and styles that were available to the
performer</font></div>
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<div>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<br>
<a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</a></div>
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