Hi all, I want to express my sincere thanks to Wally Brooks and his Abel Natural Felt hammers especially made for Steinway concert grands!! They came out sounding so wonderful on this 1990 instrument it nearly brought tears to the eyes of many students here at UNL (all of our piano profs are in Europe right now), but since they know this instrument and play it regularly for recitals, I figured they're the best for feedback anyway!. I had to try it after all the voicing/tone-building stuff I learned from him 2 years ago on an all-day seminar. They wouldn't stop playing it! The smiles it created and the relaxed stature while playing became so enjoyable,...it was fun to watch and listen.! I also combined it using some Andre O. voicing techniques. Overall...a very nice piano now! The killer octave has a clarity that I've never heard from this era of Steinway D. I timed the everlasting sustain in the mid-range-spread out 2 octave Bb chord and it lasted well over 1.5 minutes until I got weary of listening for it.....No strike and hear a drop of immediate decay....a nice and steady decay...even in the killer section. Maybe I just lucked out! Any other of you tried these hammers from Abel on a Steinway D from this era? Have a good weekend! Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090529/3deb45ba/attachment.htm>
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