Hammer Replacement

Vince Mrykalo vince@byu.edu
Wed Oct 28 11:21 MST 1998


Just curious, Ed. Why GM-4s rather than GM-5s?
Vince Mrykalo

At 06:14 AM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote:

>    Anyhow,  here is the history on Blair's most used D. 
>New 1980- 1987  factory hammers, moderate use, optimum tone was gone by
1985, 
>1987-1993 Ronsen hammers , use was increasing, but the last two years the
>hammers were harsh sounding, or when needled went dead for a while. 
>1993-present = Renner Blues, extremely heavy use, and just now beginning to
>become difficult to keep voiced.  They should be replaced next summer.  I
like
>these hammers and will use a set of their GM-4 when I replace.  
>Hope this helps, 
>Ed Foote
>


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