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<DIV>Hi ?</DIV>
<DIV>Your client has become use to the noise of the dampers. I would =
suggest
proper trimming of the excess felt.</DIV>
<DIV>On voicing, start taking a lot of classes on the subject to get an =
idea of
how it can be done with Needles, Steam, Pliers, Lacker etc. etc,</DIV>
<DIV>The subject is very broad in scope and you need to start in a =
narrow area,
and try just a few limited techniques to see what happens when----</DIV>
<DIV>Also limit your work at first to a few hammers not the whole
keyboard.</DIV>
<DIV>Like evening out the bass tenor break. To get started use the =
needle
or easier voicing pliers. There are Three types that I am aware =
of.</DIV>
<DIV>Modified visegrips, curved parallel pliers, and my tool #318</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 09, 2005 =
7:44
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Voicing question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Last year a =
customer
recently bought a new Kawaii 6' grand. She complained that the =
piano
sounded "stringy". I observed that when the damper felts =
raised with
the keystroke this is what was causing the strings =
to
"zing" causing the "stringy" sound. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I told her to =
"wear
in" the piano in a year or so and the noise would diminish. Sure =
enough
now,. a year later the piano sounds much better. However she would
like what she refers to as a "richer" sound. I believe I
can accomplish this with voicing, but I don't know how to go =
about it.
What gives a piano a richer sound? I would
think "rich" entails a deep "thunderous" bass and a
very and velvety midrange along with a mellow treble, as =
opposed to
a "twinkly" or "glittery" treble. Any suggestions on how to =
accomplish this would be helpful.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV>
<DIV>Key </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>