In a message dated 6/04/1999 4:29:22 PM, David I. wrote: <<Renner Blues are the most difficult to shape in my experience.>> David; Blues, as well as Able Performance present a different problem during filing in that the "normal" shoulder to crown motion doesn't work very well. However once you get used to going from crown to shoulder you will not have any more problems with either of these hammers.....although you DO have to pay attention to the crown area that is desired more than on a "normal" set of hammers such as Steinway. The crown kinda falls into place on those hammers where as with Blues and Abel Performance they don't. At least this has been my experiance with these thingees. :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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