Ed,
I'm with Roger (bless his heart) and Tom on the Abels. Very stable, yet
versatile. Go with the premiums. I'd taper a bit more than Wally does,
though, if you do your own.
Guy
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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