now what?, (hammer choices)

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Ed,
                Talk to Wally Brooks about the Abel Premium, They are a big 
sounding,  brilliant hammer that needs a slightly different voicing 
technique, Wally will walk you through it.  <G>  You will not regret the 
advice, or drinks are on me.
Tell him Hi from me.
Regards Roger



At 07:20 PM 9/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>   So, my C-3 customer that is getting new hammers sez he certainly doesn't
>want them to sound like new STeinway hammers, which to him are too soft and
>round sounding,  and he doesn't want the glassy sound that comes from the 
>studio
>C-7's with use and lacquer all over them them.   His knuckles and shank 
>pinning
>are too good to throw away, so the stock Yamaha hammers are not the ticket.
>    I am trying to make a decision between Piano-tek's Imadagawa,(which I 
> have
>used quite a bit of in the past), and their Abel "Standard" series.  He
>records this piano in his business, and he wants it to be brilliant 
>without being
>harsh from the get-go.  I know I can needle the Imadagawa's  to virtually
>anywhere I need them, but am intrigued by the Abel.  The only sets I have 
>heard
>that I liked had been played a lot.  Do they start out needing a fair 
>amount of
>use to develop?
>    Anybody wanna make a suggestion between these two?
>Thanks,
>
>Ed Foote RPT
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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