Weighing Off the Grand Action - Part 10
When enthusiasm for a piano rises in the concert pianist, it is a wonderful thing. Their spirit soars, their talents fully manifest, and the listener gets emotional. What can stir...
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How to Bore Grand Hammers to Custom Match String Heights
A question left in reference to one of my videos on hanging grand hammers finally receives a response after 2 years languishing unseen on YouTube. Come on, Chris... Q. With an...
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Imperfect Agrafffes and Best String-to-Hammer Mating
The experienced regulator/voicer has filing skills, regulating chops, voicing tricks, and an array of solutions to apply in response to constraints of piano, time, budget, and the vicissitudes of by-eye...
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Center of Gravity Tilt and Clearance Tilt Compete
I feel that what happens at strike is most crucial to the piano's TPR (tone, power, and repetition), and that the best result shares compromises proportionately to favor the hammer...
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Hammers Missing a String on a Hard Blow
...the miscreants should be repinned, properly filed, traveled to vertical, squared to vertical at strike, fit to strings by lifting strings (not left underlifted or overlifted) and see. And good...
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Grand Regulating and Zen Archery: Knowing the Bullseye
Greatest simplicity is the essence of the bullseye. If the vertical axis of the bullseye hammer is tipped in any direction, it complicates strike, energy transfer, and bounce (tone, power,...
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Bill Garlick: The Long Reach of Mentorship
I came to NBSS with three years experience as a piano technician, seeking to learn and hone my skills, certainly, but also full of my recently gathered "knowledge" and experience....
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