HI- I've put them on an 50's St. M and was wowed by the tone throughout. Rob On May 29, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to express my sincere thanks to Wally Brooks and his Abel > Natural Felt hammers especially made for Steinway concert > grands!! They came out sounding so wonderful on this 1990 > instrument it nearly brought tears to the eyes of many students > here at UNL (all of our piano profs are in Europe right now), but > since they know this instrument and play it regularly for recitals, > I figured they're the best for feedback anyway!. I had to try it > after all the voicing/tone-building stuff I learned from him 2 > years ago on an all-day seminar. They wouldn't stop playing it! > The smiles it created and the relaxed stature while playing became > so enjoyable,...it was fun to watch and listen.! I also combined > it using some Andre O. voicing techniques. Overall...a very nice > piano now! The killer octave has a clarity that I've never heard > from this era of Steinway D. I timed the everlasting sustain in > the mid-range-spread out 2 octave Bb chord and it lasted well over > 1.5 minutes until I got weary of listening for it.....No strike and > hear a drop of immediate decay....a nice and steady decay...even in > the killer section. Maybe I just lucked out! Any other of you > tried these hammers from Abel on a Steinway D from this era? > > Have a good weekend! > > Paul > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090602/2f62ae32/attachment.htm>
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