Yes! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/15/00 at 10:04 AM Joe & Penny Goss wrote: >David, >Are you saying that you replaced hammer shank and flange as a unit? >Joe Goss >----- Original Message ----- >From: David M. Porritt <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:23 AM >Subject: Re: QUESTION: New hammers on Yamaha C3 > > >> John: >> >> I put new hammers on a C3 about a year (maybe 2) ago. I used Yamaha >hammers and the customer and I were very pleased with the result. If I >remember they come glued on the shank making it a pretty easy job. >> >> dave >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 6/15/00 at 8:45 AM John Gunderson wrote: >> >> >I have a customer, a fairly accomplished piano player, who has a 15 yr >> >old Yamaha C3. She wants to have new hammers installed. I am >> >concerned about which hammers to choose to come as close to the original >> >yamaha sound as possible, but more importantly to preserve the >> >touch-weight. I have experience using Renner Premium Blue, but my >> >instincts tell me that these may not be the right choice (especially >> >with regard to touch-weight). I'm leaning towards getting hammers >> >directly from Yamaha but I have no experience with their hammers. I >> >would appreciate any imput. Thanks. >> > >> >John Gunderson, Associate member >> >North Jersey Chapter >> >> >> >> >> David M. Porritt >> dporritt@swbell.net >> Meadows School of the Arts >> Southern Methodist University >> Dallas, TX 75275 >> >> David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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