I agree with Dales point here, tho perhaps Del has some intimate knowledge about what has been tried at Walters and what hasn't to be able to tell based on moulding alone. Renner sells Wurzens I and II with three different types of molding on request. A kind of mahogany called Kotibe, Maple and Walnut. My choice is always based on how heavy I want the hammers to be as the specific density of all these varies. Also... much seems to be made of the choice of felt type, and yet nothing seems to be said of the fact that good quality hammer felt regardless of whom makes it means little or nothing at all if the pressing is bad. Thats another thing I like about Renner Europe. If you want custom pressing, and custom molding shapes... thats a doable. Thats why I've been getting hammers through André Oorebeck these past years. He's done a lot of experimenting with different hammers on different instrument types and has a good hammer for just about any instrument. All this said... I have some raw Wurzen II felt, and I'd like to compare it with some raw Bacon felt. Does anyone know where I could get ahold of some ? One other point thats been made here that I think needs to be stressed. Voicing should be done in the owners locality and any potential buyer should be told the importance of that. Thats kind of why I suggested the use of collodion. A couple drops goes a long long way to brightening the sound and is very reversable because it simply does not penetrate deeply unless you use tons of it. It gives you the opportunity to give the customer a quick look at where the instrument will go with a brighter sound. Sure sure and soaking and washing into the core of tons of lacquer will give an end result that differs.... but still this is a handy trick to put into your tool bag for situations where you need a temporary brightening of the sound. Cheers RicB Mark It's really hard to make assumptions based on moldings. By the way Ronsen supplies mahogany moldings on request. It's called sapele...or.....(suh---pee-- lee). So not necessarily Abel. In fact Charles asked me about the tone of one of his pianos in Feb at the Cal. He was going to try the Bacon felt as the consensus including mine was that the hammers in the piano were strident sounding. Dale
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