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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really =
know the
hammers you were hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I =
was
talked into (only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a =
Baldwin 6000.
Those suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So =
rather
than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the =
lacquer
before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them once =
and having
only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do anything =
until I'd
had them in the <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>piano to =
evaluate. Am I
on-track here, or missing vital information?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca =
href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly
roger</A> </DIV>
<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> Wednesday, September 18, =
2002 8:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Heck, I needle and gang file them on the =
bench
before I hang them, thought every body did that way. =
<G>
Yamaha hammers about 7 or 8 shots per shoulder deep, with 3
needles. And that is just getting started. =
Once hung,
lots more deep needling to open up the tone. The less I have to =
do at
the crown the better I like it.<BR>Roger<BR><BR>Roger<BR>At 07:14 PM =
9/18/02
-0400, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Standard pre-voicing =
needle
work. Hammers hung, needled in this fashion.<BR><BR>Jon
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