Doesnt sound like a "choice of hammers" problem to me. Sounds more like a hammer mass /ratio problem. You might try a quick and easy check to see by using 1 gram binder clips on the shank as close to the hammer as you can get. Just a thought. RicB "Paul Chick (EarthLink)" wrote: > List Members > > A customer with a 1970's Steinway D #442772, is thinking about installing > Renner hammers. He's looking to improve the power in the 5th and 6th > octave. He is happy with the rest of the piano. I don't think he will get > the power he's looking for, but I don't have that much experience with the D > and hammer changing. Has anyone done this with Renner's and did you get the > desired results? > > Paul Chick > > _ -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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