Concert grands

[Isaac OLEG]

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Dave,

I would say,  use Yamaha CFIIn S hammers and Yamaha shanks, why bother ?

Their felt is the same that you can have on Renner's, and they even are not
hard enough before some playing six months or so. The weight will be exact,
the wood molding thinner, and so on...

What pianists say about Yamaha vs. Steinway, is that they can obtain a more
strong sound without saturation from a Steinway, so depending of  what they
have to play the Yamaha can be not strong enough.

Yamaha actions are more stable.

There are other brands, too

Regards

Isaac OLEG

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  De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de David
M. Porritt
  Envoye : lundi 18 novembre 2002 18:48
  A : caut@ptg.org
  Objet : Concert grands


  Until a couple of years ago we had 2 Steinway "D"s in our larger recital
hall.  One (1983) was wonderful, the other (1993) was somewhat less than
wonderful.  When it came time to trade one of them (i.e. a donor was found)
we didn't find any Steinway that was universally liked.  We did find a
Yamaha CFIIIS that was purchased.

  Since the one we kept (1983) was my favorite piano in the world, I fully
expected to dislike the Yamaha.  I can't!
  My favorite now is which ever one I'm playing!

  The Steinway "faithful" can't imagine why we bought this un-Steinway.
They claim the Yamaha has a nice sound, but the Steinway has "The Steinway
Sound" whatever that is.

  This morning I had a few extra minutes and both pianos were side by side.
I played one, then the other.  I played 8 measures on one, then the same 8
measures on the other.  A big chord on one, the the same big chord on the
other.  At this point I started to think that the basic difference was the
hammers.  The Steinway has Renner Blues, the Yamaha has factory original
Yamahas.

  So my question:  Has anyone ever heard, worked on, or played a CFIIIS with
Renner hammers?  The hammers that are on there are too new to replace at
this point, but someday they'll need to go and I'd love to have someone
else's experience on this.

  Thanks,

  dave
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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