Re: [CAUT] Rebuilding a Yamaha without Yamaha action partsHi Shelly, I have used Tokiwa action parts and Abel Special Press hammers from Pianotek in many pianos including Steinways, Bechsteins, and Mason & Hamlins. I have been extremely impressed with the results that I get from this combination. I have had people from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music play on one of the Bechsteins and tell me that they would rather play on it then on one of the new Steinways that CCM got. I also had an artist who has performed for Yamaha for Disclavier recordings and for Bechstein at their opening of their complex in New York tell me that the Mason & Hamlin CC with this combination was "fantastic" to play on and that the piano had "great tonal color". Their have been other artists that have played on some of the pianos that have this combination and I have yet to hear any negative response, only positive. I hope that this helps. God bless Bill Balmer, RPT Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay In a message dated 10/07/10 12:36:20 Atlantic Daylight Time, srbanders at sbcglobal.net writes: Thank you so much for the info about Collodion! I have a question regarding rebuilding a Yamaha C5 action circa 1980. This piano is in a small performance hall. It is time to replace all of the action parts. The piano is always ‘miked’. Has anyone used parts and hammers not from Yamaha to success in this situation? I really don’t relish paying those high costs and needling until I need physical therapy! Are there parts and hammers that are particularly recommended by those of you who have a broader experience than I? For home use I have used the Renner blues, the best Ronson’s of 4 years ago, and the Encore Wurtzen from Wally Brooks to great success. What about in a hall? Wippens? Your input would be greatly appreciated. Shelley On 10/5/10 6:06 PM, "bdshull" <bdshull at aol.com> wrote: Sent from my HTC Tilt™ 2, a Windows® phone from AT&T From: Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 3:48 PM To: CAUT at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Collodion source Ladd Research 83 Holly Court Williston, VT 05495 Telephone: (800) 451-3406 (USA and Canada) and (802) 658-4961 Fax: (802) 660-8859 http://www.laddresearch.com/ sales at laddresearch.com Catalog Number DescriptionPrice Please Note!! All solutions prepared in amyl acetate, except 10% which is prepared in acetone. 108001% Collodion - Used to make thin substrates and thin dry-stripped replicas of surfaces. 30 ml. MSDS <http://www.laddresearch.com/wsmsds/CollodionAll.pdf> $19.25 531522% Collodion - 30 ml.MSDS <http://www.laddresearch.com/wsmsds/CollodionAll.pdf> [The entire original message is not included] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101007/b0b33135/attachment.htm>
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