[CAUT] Ronsen-Wurzen hammers

[Ron Nossaman]

> Even so, traditional soundboards in different states of degradation will
> often require different hammers.  An older "looser" board simply doesn't
> need the same hammer that it did when it was new just as a high tension
> piano with an accompanying heavy board will require something quite
> different from a low tension scale with accompanying lighter board. 

Absolutely! I find it very odd that techs fight so hard trying 
to *make* a Thusandsuch piano sound precisely like they want 
it to, when there is so much variation between showroom new 
instruments.


>The manufacturers need to offer choices within their
> particular style of hammer so that a best fit depending on other factors can
> be found.  No one seems to want to do it--except Ray.

Yes, more choices would be nice. Ray, meanwhile, is a keeper.

Ron N