Evidence of overlacquered hammers

antares antares@euronet.nl
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:26:21 +0200


On 29-sep-04, at 19:46, David Love wrote:

> The bottom line is that you can't force quality tone into a piano by
> using a so-called "quality" hammer (which is not to disparage Ronsen
> hammers, they are quality hammers too) if it isn't there to begin with.
>

I am sorry, but I do not agree. I remember for instance this older 
Yamaha Richard voiced at our workshop in Holland. We installed brand 
new - very high - quality Wurzen hammers on this otherwise not so great 
piano and the result was that we brought it on a much, but much, higher 
level.

André Oorebeek


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