<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the past I successfully = voiced a couple of (New York) Steinway Ds for a small, somewhat dead, = concert hall.  It was pretty routine during my career (before my maternity leave) for = me to find Steinway hammers that were *generously* lacquered, with no give in = the shoulders.  Fortunately, I managed to soften the shoulders a bit, = get some sustain and produce a nice responsive tone that every one = seemed to like--well, nobody complained and folks liked to = record there.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I am faced with a "whole = nuther" situation---a really big, cavernous, suck up the sound sort of = hall.  What does it take to reach the back of a place like this (besides redesigning the hall).  I was thinking perhaps a brighter attack = than I usually go for, still keeping the give on the shoulders--after all, = adequate sustain should help (shouldn't it?).  A local tech, whose = concept of tone is a bit different than mine, once told me that you have to = have that granite sound to carry. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What's your = experience?</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peoria = Chapter</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>