?? Hi Andre and all ????Ray & I are still?learning & refining?the Ronsen process with this felt.? Ray & I have received the latest iterations of this felt & will have product & piano at the convention in Burbank ???? Any way the good news is ??I sent out a 1971 Steinway D rebuild to Sunnyvale Ca.?on Sat with a set of Weickert special?concert density (concert density...my term)?hammers that is ?tonally outside of the box. It was not?a new board, but,?It was fantastic.?It?is very much like the first test set I installed on the Kawai kg-3 last summer & was curious about the density of those first hammer sets/sheets. It works very well with Rays pressing method. ? On the Sunnyvale D... the initial sound was slightly dark in the bass & low tenor?but absolutely huge. In My Opinion, For New York Ds to sound like N.Y. Ds' they require a firm crown so?I put about 4 to 6 drops of very weak key top?solution on the crown of the bass hammers &?one drop on each string cut from not?21 to note 35. That's it. Nothing but the initial filing on notes 35 thru 88. Break in solution if you will.?It was so easy I felt guilty ? ?? Yes, the hammers would have played in, but the time it takes to do this is not always available?for D's that are going right into in concert situations. However,?this is absolutely a great choice of felt ?& an extremely?versatile?hammer for this application. ????This Steinway D? had more color than a box of color crayons. Pure tonal power,Lush,gorgeous,clear,sustain,projection, definition. I'm telling you,?Wurzen is?on the right track.? ?? ? This piano ( the D) was allegedly in the Custody of Van Cliburn at one time. Probably one of many. You Know? The client is a virtuoso & can really play. She was thrilled. Truly a fantastic sound.The voicing protocol was so simple?it should be a secret. Never laid a needle in it except to test density. The?really fussy work?in my practice is prepping the set for an extremely even hammer weight curve and a beautifully shaped hammer. This is where the time is spent when doing custom action balancing & concert level voicing but the voicing time in this case?was very little. Truly amazing! ??? This felt is so resilient & bounces off the string so willingly?that the voicing stability & longevity should be?fantastic & simple?to maintain.?The felt?is? very?promising...understament! ? ????? ? Dale Erwin ?? ? ? ? mean? Find out now! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090214/12f3844a/attachment.html>
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