Neither have I and especially so if you ask for Wurzen felt. But I usually always have Renners because I have a good relationship with them. The hammers I buy are drilled according to my wishes, they have bigger holes, and the felt is always Wurzen. Wurzen is firm, not soft, but not granite hard either. Antares, Amsterdam, Holland where music is.......... > From: Richard Brekne <rbrekne@broadpark.no> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:24:03 +0200 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Needling Technique > > Hmmm thats odd... I have used perhaps 50 sets of new Able hammers...never once > had one that I could consider hard. Some need more voicing then others when > installed in differeing pianos. But never have I ever had any trouble getting > a needle in them. > > Ron Nossaman wrote: > >>> Any Abels I've ever listened to >>> were warm and lush right out of the box. >>> >>> Bill Ballard RPT >> >> The last two (2) sets I tried were hard as committee designed rocks, right >> out of the box. For now at least, I'm cured of even considering them. >> >> Ron N > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > >
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