Ed, The new "Blue Point" hammers (Renner, with Weikert felt) look and feel nearly identical to some 80 year old hammers that were on a D I saw and wrote about last year. They indeed have more resilience and need less voicing maintenance. I've worked on several Weikert felt hammers, but these are different than any of them. If they last 80 years it wouldn't surprise me a bit. I like this "new" (old) era! Jim Busby From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 6:52 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles? Susan- We may be entering a new (old) era, with the return of Weikert and Abel Natural hammer felts. These hammers seem to respond with less needling and few chemicals, they seem to hold the voicing longer, and to come back with a spray of rubbing alcohol and/or light brushing. Resilient. I think we'll find them lasting longer, and that voicing will be a lot easier on the wrists. (Vodka if you prefer, but rubbing alcohol is cheaper.) Ed Sutton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101119/79efd77e/attachment.htm>
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