Thank you all for such quick replies! Denis -----Original Message----- From: Don Mannino <dmannino at kawaius.com> To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 4:44 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] New hammers for Kawai GS-60 Denis, I think hammers get better sitting on the shelf. But your results may vary! These will be very hard hammers, as that is the way they came from the factory at that time. So while the boring, size and weight match will be good, you should expect to do a lot of deep needling in the shoulders. I pulled a set out of stock and installed them a few years ago, and they sounded excellent. Don Mannino From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of denisikeler at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:28 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] New hammers for Kawai GS-60 List, I have a customer with a Kawai GS-60 that I'm replacing hammers, shanks, and flanges this month. Kawai has the original hammer for that piano in stock! My question is, would these hammers sound good after sitting on the shelf for twenty years? Kind of scares me a little, like for example, I would not buy a twenty year old tire that's never been driven on! I'm interested in a few opinions about the potential deterioration of unused hammers that are old. Thanks Denis Ikeler = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100804/6f197b4f/attachment.htm>
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