Renner hammers on fine on the right pianos. Do not, however, harden them with lacquer, key top, plexiglass, or any other chemicals. It is a sure way to ruin them. They are plenty bright on their own and respond to light filing if they are not bright enough. I have used them successfully on older Hamburg Steinways, Bechsteins, Mason Hamlins, and other odds and ends. They are not for every piano. I always try samples before changing hammers unless I am sure beforehand. David Love >From: Stephen Birkett <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Renner hammers vs domestic >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 0:24:43 EST > >Some of you may be following the felt-making thread on CAUT list, but for >those who are not, I'll forward a little question - I'm sure we can get >some reasonable response here on this from collective experience: > >On 1/11/01 at 12:42 PM Stephen Birkett wrote: > > > > -- big snip -- > > > > A question. For those who know, what is the current status of Renner > > hammers? Has there been any change in these over the past two years? How > > does the amount of lacquering used on Renner hammers compare with > > domestic hammers? > > >to which one response has come so far: > > > I've only "doped" one set of Renner hammers ever. Those were on a piano > > that doesn't have much umph. It was the pianos fault rather > > than the hammers. > > > >I'm especially interested to know if Renner hammers have changed in any >noticeable way since 1998. > >Stephen > >Stephen Birkett Fortepianos >Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos >464 Winchester Drive >Waterloo, Ontario >Canada N2T 1K5 >tel: 519-885-2228 >mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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