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<A href="mailto:Duplexdan@AOL.COM"
title=Duplexdan@AOL.COM>Duplexdan@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 10, 2001 =
10:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: visegrip =
"voicing"</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave,<BR><BR>I have a Sojin Grand piano with very hard hammers. =
Even the
heaviest of <BR>voicing tools hardly penetrates the sruface. I have
successfully and <BR>laboriously needled the hammer acorss the =
shoulders
through the crown and <BR>achieved a very successful result. My =
question
is,<BR><BR>IS THIS GOING TO BE TEMPORARY ? or would breaking u the =
whole
hammer with <BR>vise grips be advised. If your experience allows you =
to
comment on this <BR>problem I would be most grateful for your
comments.<BR><BR>Dan Franklin, RPT Singing Tone</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know which Dave you mean, but I'm a Dave, so here's my 2
cents: Most voicing is somewhat temporary in that the more the =
piano's
played, the more the felt packs down and gets hard under the string =
grooves,
gradually making a brighter and "harder" tone. As somebody =
else
mentioned, vise grips are more for gross adjustments in the tone -- a
"pre-voicing" procedure -- but their effect is quite noticeable. =
I think
they "break up" the felt more than needle jabs, that is, you get =
faster
results with less tedious work, but ya gotta be careful. If your =
needling was successful, I'd just leave it for now and if the tone =
gets brash
& bangy within a few months or a year, maybe do some squeezing =
with the
grips or similar tool. --Dave Nereson, RPT,
Denver<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>