[CAUT] New Renner hammers

[Jim Busby]

Hi Gerry and all,

Unfortunately I won't be attending the convention this year. (Long story) But save 'em for the next one!

Best,
Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of G Cousins
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:38 PM
To: CAUT
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers

Thanks Jim  most helpful.
Hoping to trade war stories in Vegas
Salt tastes..well...salty to me.
Gerry

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From: jim_busby at byu.edu
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:49:52 -0600
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers
Hi,

Pre-voice like Blues. (Gang file shoulders, etc. per instructions on-line Renner) Generally voice like Blues, but there is less work after the pre-voicing. No lacquer. No ironing. Out of the box they are bright, yet warm and have more "presence" for lack of a better word, after initial voicing. When I say "presence", it's like an old amplifier I had that had a "presence" knob. When you increased presence you seemed to have more midrange frequencies. High "sizzle" as Steinway calls it, is no problem, but some crown needling will even out tone as needed. Plenty of power! I wish I had the vocabulary to describe it all. Maybe Vince can write something. On the B they sounded so good that it was almost like taking cotton out of my ears. Clarity was so much better than the S&S I had on. And you could whisper on them, up to FF with a change in color that was not distorted, but different. Gosh Gerry, it's like describing the taste of salt... <G> Sorry.

Best,
Jim


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