[CAUT] New Renner hammers

[Jim Busby]

Hi Ric,

I'd like to verify if those are the same. See what you can find out. You are way ahead of us if that is the case, and your experience will be valuable! If what I learned about them is correct, making them "round" might cause you to cut through the felt layers instead of peeling them off like an onion. THe Weikert guys were adamant about not cutting through th layers... but it also negates the diamond shape if you do... Lots to learn here.

Best,
Jim
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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne [ricb at pianostemmer.no]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:17 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers

Hi Jim... these look really very much like what we are getting from
Renner over here now too.. that is to say if we order the specific
Weikert hammers. They are fabulous for Steinways... allowing one to get
to that nice middle area where one can move the dynamics window back and
forth from brilliant to rounded beautiful as needed.  I've tried a few
sets on Yamaha conservatory series and have been disappointed until I
rounded the shape to more of an egg shape. On the S series tho this
shape works great IMO.

I agree about the blah blah blah bit... but these are fine hammers and
easy to get a great sound with if you have a good idea what you are up to.

Cheers
RicB


All,

Attached is a pic of the brand new Renner Weikert felt "Blue Point"
hammer. This is about hammer #35 or so. Vince and I have been testing
these for about a year now and they are very good! They have the famous
Weikert felt, but are pressed to the classic diamond shape. They are
ready for sale now, I believe, and you'll hear more about them in Vegas.
I'm NOT a salesman, but as a devoted CAUTee thought you'd like to know.

While it may seem more of the same old "blah, blah, this hammer's the
best..." if anyone wants to try them I would definitely give them my
endorsement! They sound great and are easy to work with. I'm in the
process of putting them on our Hamburg D and two more Bs. Everyone seems
to have an opinion about hammers, and I think I've tried about
everything, but these work very well on Ds and Bs. I'm not the expert
that many of you are, but I've hung a lot of hammers, and rather than
try to impress you with anything I "know" let me just offer them to you
with a definite "you gotta try these!" attitude, hoping that you may
articulate their attributes better than I.

Jim Busby BYU
Snow College