I don't a price list handy, but I don't think of Ronsen hammers with VFG felt as "costly." Patrick Draine On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > I'm looking for input on choosing replacement hammers for a circa 1990 > Baldwin console. The originals have had the felt fall off the mouldings. > > I tried various sample hammers on the piano. Dale Erwin was kind enough to > send me a few Ronsen hammers of their several felt types, I had some Abels > and Renners, and I also tried some used Young Chang console hammers. > > I've done similar sampling on other painos - usually decent grand pianos - > and found that the various hammers produced different tones. However, with > this piano, in all honesty, they all sound pretty much the same. Yes, > that's right - the used YC hammers sounded the same as Abels, Renners and > Ronsens. > > The owner wishes to not spend any more money that necessary, and if she > could hear the difference, she would be willing to pay for the higher-end > hammers. I generally think it is always worth it to put the best sounding > hammer on a piano regardless of the cost. However, in this case, it sure > seems difficult, if not improper, to try to convince her to spend $$ on a > set of Ronsens when they all sound the same. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Thanks! > > Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130212/19bbb6d0/attachment.htm>
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