[CAUT] Steinway hammers with pre-voicing solution

[Kent Swafford]

I inquired with Steinway a couple weeks ago about buying a set of  
hammers with no "pre-voicing" solution added and they claimed they  
sell only hammers that have been lacquered.

A few years ago I had a great success with putting hammers on a piano  
and leaving them with no voicing solution of any kind. The particular  
concert pianist involved is one of the few guys left, I think, who  
likes mellow pianos. He really was thrilled.

Anyway, I did not pursue the matter with Steinway. Has anyone here  
done so? The "pre-voicing" seems to me to be a fairly heavy  
lacquering. Can lacquer-free hammers be had at all from Steinway?

(I ended up ordering Ronsens.)


Kent Swafford