Wurzen felt

[David Love]

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Andre:
 
One thing I do notice just from your pictures as compared with the
Renner Blue is the shape.  I prefer the shape of the hammer in your
photograph and wish that the Premium Blue had more this shape than the
very rounded shape that I see from them.  It seems, as Jason mentioned
in his post, that there are several variables in the pressing of these
hammers that may override the most basic component-the felt itself.  
 
David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 
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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 12:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Wurzen felt
 

On 11-okt-04, at 3:52, David Love wrote:

One thing I've noticed, which seems somewhat contrary to how Andre
described the felt, is that the Wurzen he talked about supposedly had
this sort of yellowish, off white color.  The Premium Blue doesn't seem
to have that-at least the one set that I have in stock.  Are there
possibly different grades of Wurzen?  The felt that Ray at Ronsen is
using has a somewhat different color than the Premium Blue and the
pressing is also a different shape-more small-end-of-the-egg like (which
I prefer) and less round.  I also find the Premium Blue a difficult
hammer to file.  While I only have one set of Ronsen Wurzens which I've
only experimented with, I haven't found the same filing problem. 

David Love,
There is basically the so called 'regular; Wurzen, which has been
developed over the last 14 years.
In the beginning of this development, this felt was kind of coarse
looking, like the VFG felt Abel uses.
Then, about 5 years ago, it was bingo time because the Wurzen felt had
become more mature and was actually really good.
There were of course some minor points, like some sections being a
little hard or a little soft, but that is a matter of controlling the
pressure, needed to glue the hammers.
Today, those very same (Renner) hammers are far more consistent in their
overall pressure because of the (Renner) machine I was talking about.
Then, not long ago, there suddenly was the Wurzen AA quality. This felt
has been far more 'interlocked' and likewise is a little more dense.
It also looks different because one should compare it with the
difference between a real nice shawl and a real Kashmir shawl.
It not only looks different, it feels different and sounds different
too.
The regular quality looks like fine felt and slightly yellowish, the AA
quality looks more creamy, like nice looking whipped cream or like the
cream on a fantastic real Italian 'Capucci' .

I enclose again that nice pic of our first Bechstein prototype because
that felt makes you wanna eat it :
I hope sending this pic does not create a problem.

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