[CAUT] Weikert felt --was: Chopstick tool needles?

[Susan Kline]

Ji, Ed, this is very good news, both for piano tone
and (eventually) for the budgets of our various institutions.

Do you think these hammers would be suitable for a 1934
seven-foot Baldwin grand (still with a very nice board)?
Mine is ready for new hammers.

Susan Kline


On 11/19/2010 4:45 AM, Jim Busby wrote:
>
> 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
>

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