<html> At 03:30 PM 11/28/2005 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Voicing means simply regulating the tone of the piano.  Specific goals about brightness, power, sustain, balance, or charm, will vary so much from player to player and technician to technician that a comprehensive definition becomes quite problematic.  David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net </blockquote> Exactly. That's why I always "simplify", when trying to educate the customer. I've found that most players want control. Period. Brightness, darkness, charm, etc., are just traits. When selling a service, be it regulating or voicing or whatever, I usually come back to that one word. Control. So, voicing would be the service of providing the player with control of the instrument's tone. JMO Guy Nichols, RPT Ft. Stinkin' Desert, NM <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Teddy Roosevelt</html>