How do you spray the other side of the hammer shoulder with the damper mechanism in the way? It doesn't seem like there is enough space to access the back and spray evenly.
Hammers in piano is an extremely interesting subject. I would love to see more videos about voicing and the overall situation in piano market today - how voiced are brand new pianos, especially those cheaper one like yamaha C series and even lower priced ones. To me - it's ridiculous all those debates about brands and quality of a piano sound when hammers are voiced in different ways or even not - it's like debate about saxophones on different mouthpieces or reeds.
This is an astute and intelligent observation. I have been rebuilding and retailing pianos for 4 decades. I absolutely agree with your statement about the absurdity of these debates about brands. The variables of making a woolen hammer is infinite. Do manufacturers which produce thousands or tens of thousands of pianos "voice" hammers? Of course not. Voicing itself is an artistic pursuit only understood by a precious few like Chris chernobieff. Good observation 👍.
Everything you said about the the hammer down the middle makes sense, with pianissimo all the way to fortissimo, but I don't understand why softening the outside of the hammers with fabric softener helps the sustain. Does it Have anything to do with changing the mass of the hammer or does it have something to do with the energy transfer profile
This is an extraordinarily complicated question. But its something like this. The harder a hammer is the more the partials are emphasized. The softer hammer emphasizes the fundamental over the partials. The tone without a strong fundamental dies quickly.
@@ChernobieffPiano You gave an extraordinary great answer, explaining that in "simple" terms, which, fortunately I understand! You're concentrating the energy to the fundamental, which is the source of power for the overtones...awesome!, and Thank you!
After watching your tutorial I finally voiced down the hammers of my Yamaha G3 with a mixtura of 33% fabric softenener and 66% alcohol, applied with a brush on both sides and tip of the hammers. The result is very good on pianissimos up to mezzo forte. To play the fortes, that is another story now. There is no highs at all. I am afraid I put too much, maybe I should have used 20% fabric softener and 80% alcohol instead. Is it going to get better with time and use of the piano, as the grooves get deeper ? I prefer avoid using lacquer to preserve the dynamic range. Any help would be appreciated.
buenas noches maestro soy técnico afinado de pianos en Argentina por gentileza sabría decime u orientarme sobre y de que manera se enfieltra una martillera de piano excelente y muy claros sus comentarios desde ya mis respetos y muchas gracias
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How do you spray the other side of the hammer shoulder with the damper mechanism in the way? It doesn't seem like there is enough space to access the back and spray evenly.
Hammers in piano is an extremely interesting subject. I would love to see more videos about voicing and the overall situation in piano market today - how voiced are brand new pianos, especially those cheaper one like yamaha C series and even lower priced ones. To me - it's ridiculous all those debates about brands and quality of a piano sound when hammers are voiced in different ways or even not - it's like debate about saxophones on different mouthpieces or reeds.
This is an astute and intelligent observation. I have been rebuilding and retailing pianos for 4 decades. I absolutely agree with your statement about the absurdity of these debates about brands. The variables of making a woolen hammer is infinite. Do manufacturers which produce thousands or tens of thousands of pianos "voice" hammers? Of course not. Voicing itself is an artistic pursuit only understood by a precious few like Chris chernobieff.
Good observation 👍.
Everything you said about the the hammer down the middle makes sense, with pianissimo all the way to fortissimo, but I don't understand why softening the outside of the hammers with fabric softener helps the sustain. Does it Have anything to do with changing the mass of the hammer or does it have something to do with the energy transfer profile
This is an extraordinarily complicated question. But its something like this. The harder a hammer is the more the partials are emphasized. The softer hammer emphasizes the fundamental over the partials. The tone without a strong fundamental dies quickly.
@@ChernobieffPiano You gave an extraordinary great answer, explaining that in "simple" terms, which, fortunately I understand! You're concentrating the energy to the fundamental, which is the source of power for the overtones...awesome!, and Thank you!
After watching your tutorial I finally voiced down the hammers of my Yamaha G3 with a mixtura of 33% fabric softenener and 66% alcohol, applied with a brush on both sides and tip of the hammers.
The result is very good on pianissimos up to mezzo forte.
To play the fortes, that is another story now. There is no highs at all. I am afraid I put too much, maybe I should have used 20% fabric softener and 80% alcohol instead.
Is it going to get better with time and use of the piano, as the grooves get deeper ? I prefer avoid using lacquer to preserve the dynamic range.
Any help would be appreciated.
buenas noches maestro soy técnico afinado de pianos en Argentina por gentileza sabría decime u orientarme sobre y de que manera se enfieltra una martillera de piano excelente y muy claros sus comentarios desde ya mis respetos y muchas gracias