hammer felt

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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In a message dated 9/21/2002 1:32:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
antares@euronet.nl writes:


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> Date:9/21/2002 1:32:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF=3D"mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares@euronet.nl</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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>          Antares

            I believe the only hammer like this in America cost about 800=20
dollars and it is sold by the Steinway factory. I heard a couple of sample=20
hammers in a piano and I confess I was impressed. But two hammers is not=20
really a fair assesment for me however  my friend has used a couple of sets=20
on larger steinways and he loved the sounds. But 800 bucks is to rich for my=
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blood. What do these hammers cost in Europe? If it's less than half of 800=20
I'll try a set.
 Regards
    Dale Erwin

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> And then I say (speaking from a long time experience) :
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> Try the Renner hammers with Wurzen felt.
> I don't know about the 'Renner blues' made for the US market (maybe they=20
> are
> made with lower tension because of your (American) way with hammer dopes)
> but at least here in Europe the Renner hammers (with Wurzen) are the very
> best hammers available and you find them on B=F6sendorfers, Bechsteins,
> Steinways and  other well known piano makers.
> Yamaha uses Wurzen on their CFIIIS and these days even Samick in Seoul buy=
s
> Wurzen felt.
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> The Renner Wurzen hammers we use have the following characteristics :
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> Nice, even tone from the beginning.
> Middle section needs some voicing and opening up (usually around 30
> strokes).
> Lower bass hammers, usually the first octave, need battery voicing (drivin=
g
> up the powers from the base of the hammers).
> Higher treble hammers (from c''' to c'''') need battery voicing.
> The highest treble hammers, usually the last 5 or 6 hammers, need some dop=
e
> to give them a little more 'ping'.
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> Just yesterday, I voiced an older baby Grotrian Steinweg grand with these
> Renner hammers and it took me about 1 hour and 15 minutes to needle them,
> file them, clean them up and apply the dope.
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> Result :
> A nice, warm and even sounding Grotrian Steinweg baby with a 'ping' in the
> high treble.
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> By looking closely at the fibers of the Wurzen felt, and especially on the
> sides, we clearly see that this felt is not just a dense, stone hard,
> lifeless piece of felt. On the contrary, it almost seems like it was woven
> like a beautiful and very expensive Kashmir shawl and after hearing the
> result, we can understand why, in the earlier days, the great piano makers
> in Europe used this felt.
> Now that the Eastern part of Germany has been added to its former halve,=20
> the
> factory has opened again, continuing to make what they had to temporarily
> stop a long time ago.
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> friendly greetings
> from
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> Antares,
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> Amsterdam, Holland
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> "where music is, no harm can be"
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> visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/
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