<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8>You said it, "I don't have much= experience in voicing..."   Steaming isn't= going to help that experience...so I suggest you do= some old fashion needle work after filing, fitting the strings= etc...try one stitch behind each string line...you should still= see some sort of string line after filing.   Listen to= the changes.  Add stitches next to the others as you= go.  You will be amazed at the tone changes even= though you aren't working on the strike point.   Also= check the archives...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Cy Shuster= <741662027@theshusters.org><BR>To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:36:26= -0500<BR>Subject: Voicing old Yamaha hammers<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Had a new customer today with a 1974= Yamaha C3 that does a perfect banjo imitation.  String cuts= in the hammers aren't too bad.  I don't have much= experience in voicing, but it seems that this is a good place to= start; in the worst case, I hang new hammers and everyone's= happy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'll begin with reshaping the hammers and= leveling the strings, and see how far that takes me.  Would= steam be a next step, or go right for the needles?  Any= specific suggestions for these hammers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks as always,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>