<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <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></BODY></HTML> <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>