Susan, Rick Baldassin just put them on a rebuilt 7' Baldwin and showed how to voice them in the last chapter technical. It's hard to express how good they sounded without sounding like I'm over-the-top lying. Everyone there was impressed. Now, this was in Rick's store with a lot of new top end pianos; Fazioli, Schimmel, Steinway, etc. and this Baldwin sounded great! After almost one year of experience with them (8 sets) I'm certainly not going back to anything else. But let's see how they are in 5 years. I think they'll fair well, but we beat up hammers here... Best, Jim From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:04 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Weikert felt --was: Chopstick tool needles? 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> [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 6:52 PM To: caut at ptg.org<mailto: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/20101120/127fa29f/attachment.htm>
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