hammered Foote

[Richard Brekne]

A440A@AOL.COM wrote:

> Greetings all,
>      I am taking some suggestions here on a new hammer job.  The piano is a
> Baldwin M.
>    This is a fairly small grand, and the hammers on there are somewhat
> lighter than the Renner Blues I have usually used.  The Renner Lites are
> available in the right weight and lengths, but this customer is interested in
> a mellow piano sound, so I am looking for something that has a little less
> compression in it.
>    I have, for some reason, worked on extremely few Baldwins in my career,
> and rehammered only one, years ago, when the hammer choices were more
> limited.  What is the hammer recomendation from those "Baldwin Experienced"?
> Is it the Abel?  Factory replacements?  Ronson, etc?  Somebody get me up to
> speed on what is working best for these pianos today!
> Thanks and regards,
> Ed Foote

If you have little experience with Abels I would suggest you try them. Mellow yet
powerfull is often enough the result. I have no experience with Ronsons, but
someone once told me that they needed laquer as a general rule. Is this true ?

Richard Brekne