New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig

[Fenton Murray]

I tried the opposite, Ronson with Wurzen felt on a Grey market late 60's Yamaha G2. I was very happy with the tone, but the Ronson's I used were much heavier than the Yamaha hammers they replaced. This created some balance weight issues that ended up compromising the feel of the action once additional lead was added to the key. Still, it was a interesting experiment to hear the Yamaha with the heavier Ronson's. Assist springs probably would have helped, I don't think action ratio could have been lowered much.
Fenton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Love 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:13 PM
  Subject: RE: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig


  Now that's a first for me.  I wouldn't expect you would need lacquer on a Yamaha hammer.  The recent iterations supposedly use Wurzen felt but I have to admit they would be a bit hard for my taste on that particular piano.  



  David Love
  davidlovepianos at comcast.net
  www.davidlovepianos.com 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of cclpianos at aol.com
  Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:00 AM
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig



  Having just read the blurb on the Steinway hammers: I have used Yamaha hammers on my Steinway "O" and loved the results. I have never lacquered them. They are a bit pricey but are nearly identical in gram weight and physical dimensions. I did this after meeting a recording studio engineer from LA, whose piano had the modification. 



  Patrick


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