spinning wheels

[antares]

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On 1-okt-04, at 0:23, David Love wrote:

> That's fine, but a Yamaha requires a fairly dense hammer because of =
the
> way the soundboard is designed.  There are many pianos that have quite=20=

> a
> different set up and whose hammer needs will be different.


In that case I think you don't really understand me. I am certainly not=20=

as you say "spinning wheels", why should I be spinning wheels David?. I=20=

have been voicing grand pianos almost every day for many years. That's=20=

how I found out about the different hammer shapes for different types=20
of grands. Because I spent almost all of my professional life I also=20
invested a lifetime in developing my thoughts about hammers and I was=20
among the first techs here being aware of the return of the once so=20
gorgeous Wurzen felt that almost every factory in the world used, at=20
that time. Heck, even Ray Negron told us here that his father too used=20=

Wurzen.  It is not for nothing that most factories today use Wurzen=20
again and that we too have been working exclusively with that stuff.

But enough of this wheel spinning, I wish happiness to all hammer=20
makers and equal happiness to all hammer users. This is not a contest=20
and hah! I have certainly no investments in the Wurzen factory.
All I wished to say here is that every soundboard sound improves=20
mightily with Wurzens provided the shape is right, the hammers have=20
been voiced in a proper way, and that the way the action plays is not=20
ruined by kilo's of hammer felt, as some here think is such a miracle.

But, let each find out for him/herself, I have said more than enough=20
already.

Andr=E9 Oorebeek




> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of antares
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:13 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers
>
>
> On 30-sep-04, at 19:53, David Love wrote:
>
>> I think you misunderstand me.  Of course you can ruin the tone by a
>> poor
>> quality of poorly voiced hammer.  In your case, clearly the tone was
>> there waiting to come out with a decent hammer.  That is not always
> the
>> case.
>>
>> I think we are spinning our wheels here.
>>
>> David Love
>> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> No David, I clearly understood you.
> The instrument I mentioned was a low life 'older Yamaha' G3.
> The AA Wurzen hammers (made by Renner) gave it a completely new
> dimension.
> I had exactly the very same experience with a younger C3 about 10 =
years
> old. Not a very bad one, not a very good one.
> I installed our AA Wurzen covered hammers and they altered the
> instrument. It almost sounded German. hah!
>
> Andr=E9 Oorebeek
>
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