[CAUT] Getting lacquer out of hammers - follow up

[Paul T Williams]

Hi David,

Wally has special Natural Ables just for concert grands.  I just installed 
a set on one of our Steinway D's (1980) and was extremely pleased with the 
result. This piano is in our smaller concert hall/classroom.  I must say 
that the clarity is very pure and it has tons of power.  I'm going to try 
another set in our other D in the larger hall that seats about 750, but 
won't be able to take that piano out of service now until next 
summer..bummer.  In the Lied Center. our biggest venue seating 2,000 they 
have a D from the late 80's that is getting new Hamburg Steinway hammers 
right now (not by me), and a whole new action, Kluge keys, and restrung 
(not by me).  I'm anxious to hear how these hammers sound.  It should be a 
great comparison with a totally different sound, I'm sure.

I hear so many different opinions on the NY hammers, I'm a bit leary of 
trying them. I have now installed several sets of the Abel Naturals and am 
comfortable working with them.  We were fortunate to have Wally out here 2 
years ago for an all day seminar where I first learned of the Naturals, so 
I feel more confident using them. I've not been disappointed with any of 
the sets.

Paul




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For performance Steinways I'm more inclined to go to a different hammer, a
more fully tensioned and harder pressed hammer such as a Hamburg Renner or
even an Abel Select such as Pianotek sells or maybe the Abel naturals from
Brooks.  The ability to release tension to the crown on that type of 
hammer
plus the greater out of the box firmness obviates the use of lacquer 
(except
maybe on the top most hammers) and gives greater power without the 
downside
of over lacquering. 

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com



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