What is Voicing?
Voicing is an extremely difficult area; but the final goal of voicing is to have the hammers striking the notes of the piano to offer a uniform sound from the bottom to the top of the keyboard. Evaluating this capability is governed by the design of the piano and the construction of the Action parts. However, the Technician will find extremes in voicing, such as a particularly hard hammer that may result in a note sounding louder than the rest. With the Technician’s expertise and skill, the hammer will be voiced with a special set of needles. This needling changes the structure of the felt and softens or hardens the hammer to a degree, depending on how it is needled by an experienced and skillful Registered Piano Technician. Call 301-695-6150 for Ted Snyder, a Register Piano Technician, who has years of experience.
