Hi Stéphane, I guess we were lucky then! So I see the work of "the son" isn't exactly consistent... It was about July/August 2005 that we got that set of Pleyel hammers refelted. Never used Abel for refelting, but I'm sure they do a good job, and as someone else suggested you could also get the butts refelted by them, certainly a time saving option. For many of us time seems to be a currency which value is constantly going up! Very sunny indeed over here the past few weeks, feels pretty much like summer :). Regards, Patrick P.S.: I look forward to hearing about your experience with Renner/Abel when you get the hammers done. > Hello Patrick. > > Thanks for your insights. > Glad to hear you had good experience with Desfougères. When was it that > you > had that set hammers refelted ? More than 5 years ago ? I was not as lucky > as you are : I had two sets since refelted by Desfougères the son, which > appeared to be half or less as good as the sets that Desfougères the > father > did when he was working. > Also, I'm not sure at all that the moldings and hammer specs are original > on > the one I'm working on, so refelting is a bit risky : I strongly suspect > the > present hammers to be far too thick for the action desing. That is why I > was searching for comments about the original specs. Now, possibly > Desfougères the son could tell about those specs ? But for now, I'm > contemplating new hammers made to measure by Renner or Abel. > > Best regards to your sunny country. > > Stéphane Collin. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L." <patrick at pianospianissimo.com> > > Anyway, what i find works best is sending them to get recovered with new > felt, keeeping the old wood. There is a very very good place that > specializes in that sort of job for old Pleyel's, in France. His name is > Patrick Desfourgeres (not sure if i spelt it right). We sent him a set for > a 1890 Pleyel last summer and he did a FANTASTIC job. I can get his > phonenumber if you are interested. > > There is usually no underfelt, at least on the ones i've seen. > > Hope it helps. Regards, > > Patrick > > > > > Patrick Hinves Ballesta Afinador/Técnico 610442371 PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.
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