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<DIV><SPAN class=240451604-23082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>greetings all - </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240451604-23082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>well,
when all was said and done, my boss required me to lacquer the darn =
things.
"gospelizing" is what they call it down here in the deep south and it =
makes me
just ill. it's the difference between voicing the hammers/performing a =
"power
regulation" to just make the piano louder and more powerful, and =
basically
making them glass-breakingly bright and yech-y. someone mentioned that =
the
gospel churches should mic and eq the pianos better, which in a perfect =
world of
logic and common sense is all fine and good, but past experience in pro =
audio
AND pianos just proves otherwise. nuh-uh, doesn't happen. i do NOT =
approve, but
it's one of those situations where the man with the check wins. however, =
what i
did was barely lacquered them with a very weak solution - 11:1, which =
brightened
them a bit, and this was after fine-filing and ironing and low-shoulder
needling. then i found out after the fact that the piano wasn't even =
SOLD yet,
it was only being CONSIDERED!!!! GRRRRR!!!! heh, in the end though, the =
guy
considering the piano liked it, but preferred a more expensive RX1, and =
bought
that, so there ya go. after all of this, my next project was to tackle =
an EX
that was sounding just - horrendous. bright and uneven as hell. why? =
hmmmmm,
because someone LACQUERED THE FREAKING HAMMERS!!!! so much so =
that there is
no amount of filing or needling that will help them or even the tone at =
all. so
now they have to order me a new set of hammers to hang. *smug
grin* </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240451604-23082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>thanks
again for the help everyone. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240451604-23082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>still
not happy about that GE20,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240451604-23082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>ilex</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=240451604-23082004> </SPAN>-----Original =
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Alpha88x@aol.com [mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, =
August 22,
2004 10:56 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: =
lacquering
hammers <BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
lang=0
face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Greetings,
<BR><BR><BR> &=
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Why laquer hammers when over time, the hammers harden, by playing?
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Julia Gottchall, PTG assoc.<BR>Reading,
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