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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan, yes they do respond to needles. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I too prefer to use =
the needles
rather than liquids, unless I'm totally up against a wall. =
Needling deep
down on the shoulder and sides of the hammer, and I'm talking about 3:00 =
and
9:00, will help bring out more sustain, but it doesn't really help with =
the
sharp pingy attack on these Asian hammers. I usually do some deep =
needling
on the shoulders up to about C6. Here's something for you to try, =
if you
aren't familiar with this; put your single needle in at the end of the =
string
mark, or groove if there is one. Position the needle straight down, =
parallel
with the molding. Put a needle in the end of each string mark, just on =
the front
side, slide the action back in and listen. If it didn't do enough, =
try
putting needles in between the string marks too. If that didn't do =
enough, do
the same on the back side of the hammer. Usually that's all that's =
really
needed, but you can also start to "cross-stitch", angling the needles =
more into
the area under the strike point, if necessary. You probably already know =
all
this, but some newbie could also be reading this, so I thought I'd go =
ahead and
spell it out. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Yes, they =
respond.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 05, 2003 =
11:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tone it down, =
please.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT face=Arial>Don't see =
many Korean
pianos here in the Ozarks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT face=Arial>Church has an =
SG-172
small Samick grand that is extremely bright to the point of sounding
harsh.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT =
face=Arial>The pianist tends to
play with the una corda pedal depressed to "tone it down." They =
even
asked if "fixing this problem" would be covered under
warranty!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT face=Arial>Do these =
pianos respond
appreciably to to needle voicing?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT face=Arial>Please post
recommendations based on experience, I'd sure appreciate
it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><FONT face=Arial>Merry =
Christmas, Happy
Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, or Bah Humbug (Choose =
one).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218522118-05122003><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>
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