<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> I'm in total agreement as long as you can actually= get a needle in the hammer.  If not I think you have to go= with steam...check the archives for steaming info from Roger= Jolly David I.         ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Richard= Brekne <<A= href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A>> To: Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:08:05 +0100 Subject: Re: Tone it= down, please.   Alan wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>Don't see many Korean= pianos here in the Ozarks.<SPAN= class=218522118-05122003><SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>Church has an SG-172= small Samick grand that is extremely bright to the point of= sounding harsh.<SPAN= class=218522118-05122003><SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>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!<SPAN= class=218522118-05122003><SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>Do these pianos= respond appreciably to to needle voicing?=  <FONT= size=-1></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes they do. But you have to work at= it. Opinions will vary, but I'm finding the best results with= Samicks come from needling visa vi steam or alcohol/water= treatment. Three or four sessions to break down the hammer enough without= wrecking it. Needle about 30 times each shoulder with 5 mm deep= three needles one day... let it rest and come back tommorrow.= The felt will have closed up some, and it will be easier to= needle again. Repeat a couple three times until you have an easy= time of fine needling just under the crown. You can get hard= hammers to end up with a very nice consistancy this way, and the= resulting voicing has a high degree of staying power. = Cheers RicB <FONT= face=Arial> <SPAN= class=218522118-05122003><SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>Please post= recommendations based on experience, I'd sure appreciate= it!<SPAN= class=218522118-05122003>Merry Christmas, Happy= Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, or Bah Humbug (Choose= one).<FONT= face=Arial>Alan R. Barnard<FONT= face=Arial>Salem, MO  --- Outgoing mail is= certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG= anti-virus system (<A= href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).</FONT= > Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 -= Release Date: 10/9/2003     -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen,= Norway <A= href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</= A> <A= href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://hom= e.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A= href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www= hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  = </BODY></HTML>