---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 26-apr-04, at 23:52, Joe And Penny Goss wrote: > Andr'e, Sorry that is as close as my computer knows how to put the=A0=A0= =A0=20 > '=A0=A0=A0 on. > All I can really say is WOW. Nice lookin' hammers. > Is the taper of the molding graduated in all of the upper hammers? > Joe Goss Thanks Joe, Actually I made a typo, they are not Bechstein L hammers, they are just=20= Bechstein hammers. Our next Bechstein hammer will have a walnut Yamaha/steinway molding,=20 Bechstein green underfelt, and the thinnest treble molding possible,=20 just like the old Bechstein hammers and to avoid problems with=20 agraffes. On top of that, I must tell you that, from now on, all our hammers will=20= be covered with the very latest and very best Wurzen quality possible. I have, until recently, never heard such a beautiful tone. This all=20 thanks to Jack Brand, the maker of Wurzen felt in East Germany. For=20 many years he has tried to bring back the quality felt once known as=20 Weickert felt, and I now know that he has succeeded 100% in doing so. In Europe, the major factories want Wurzen felt on their hammers which=20= is provided for by the Renner company in G=E4rtringen DL. I do not completely understand your question about the taper of the=20 molding. On the picture you see Nr 1 bass hammer, Nr 26 Treble hammer=20 and Nr 88 treble hammer. As we get further into the treble, the molding gets thinner and=20 thinner, if that's what you mean? The new felt used on these hammers has the density I like. As I am not=20= a laquer user nor a hammer doper, I want a hammer that needs some=20 needling because if the middle section is such that hardly any needling=20= is required, the lower bass and the treble are usually too soft. For=20 that reason I choose a firm hammer that requires maybe 20-25 stitches=20 in the middle section and very few stitching in the high treble and=20 bass. The lower bass I needle up, because it always needs it. Most=20 often the whole bass blossoms up with this treatment. In any case, relatively little work is needed and the hammer fibers=20 need no hardening agent at all except maybe in the highest treble (last=20= 5 hammers) and lowest bass hammers, but only for concert work. This is just my account of the latest Wurzen felt and not a promotion=20 for my personal voicing method as everybody has their own. friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2724 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2f/6e/c6/18/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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