Only one? While it may be true that a number of piano manufacturers and some hammer makers continue to produce garbage, the pendulum is clearly (in my view) swinging in the favor of well-made hammers. Ronson is one, and I like them. But instantly I think of some of the offerings from Abel, Renner Blue Points, WN&G's "Selects," or "Naturals." And even our old friend S&S is changing their hammer making to produce something more along these lines. True, S&S isn't quite there yet, but I find that when I need to use their hammers (the choice isn't always mine to make) they are very usable with not a great deal of "heroics." William R. Monroe On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote: > Del said: > "I?d be happy if hammer makers would simply stick within the known bounds > of what wool will tolerate. It?s been known for some time now that pressing > wool felt with lots of moisture and too much pressure and too much heat > produces piano hammer shaped objects that are incapable of producing the > basic musical nuances we expect from our pianos yet some hammermakers?and > pianomakers?continue pressing wool felt with too much moisture and too much > pressure and too much heat forcing the stuff into something having the > shape?but not the soul?of piano hammers. And piano technicians continue > buying these atrocities and they continue recommending the pianos fitted > with them to their overly trusting customers. And then, when the pianos > don?t sound ?right,? they have to drag out every heroic voicing technique > in the book in a desperate attempt to make those piano hammer shaped > whatever-they-are musically less bad. Bah! Humbug!" > > ddf, (Del), > Since you taught me I will have to say: YEAH!!!!!! What you said TIMES TEN! > Why is it that we, essentially only have one hammer manucturer that > understands that? The rest?, continue to make these BEHEMOTHS that just > don't work! Thank God for Ray/ Ronse Piano Hammers INC!@!!! > Thanks > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > > -- William R. Monroe, RPT A440-William R. Monroe Piano Services, Inc. 314 E. Church St. Belleville, WI 53508 608-215-3250 www.a440piano.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121201/ebab1995/attachment.htm>
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