Not to be a troublemaker (and I'm a bit late in this discussion), but the question that's being asked is wrong, in my view. Almost all the hammers we have access to are well made and are capable of producing acceptable tone under the right circumstances. The question that should be asked is which hammer best suits the other conditions that this job calls for which must include soundboard health and response plus customer goals-characteristics that are unique to each situation. The idea of finding a favorite hammer should really be dismissed. It's finding the right hammer for the instrument in question, it's own particular soundboard characteristics along with the tonal goal of the customer (or venue) that should guide us, not someone else's experience on a completely different piano with, perhaps, a completely different tonal goal in mind. Bottom line, you have to sample and you should have several different hammers in your sample kit. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of KeyKat88 at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:44 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Natural felt" hammers from Brooks In a message dated 10/6/2009 7:22:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, bases-loaded76 at sbcglobal.net writes: Greetings - Anyone have any experience with Wally's Natural Felt hammers? I'm replacing the granite hammers on a 1940 Steinway L. Any input from those having used this felt would be appreciated. Mark Potter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091007/63e1a3bf/attachment.htm>
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