Hi Newton. Your answer appears to not be what I expected. Is this so? Are you saying that you have NOT noticed that the piano has good power with Abel, Isaac or Ronson hammers - i.e. a Yamaha does not have good power when its hammers are replaced with Abel, Isaac or Ronson hammers? I think I know your answer, but please clarify. Thank You! :-) Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Wretched S&S & Yamahas > Not that I've noticed. > -- > Newton Hunt > Highland Park, NJ > mailto:nhunt@jagat.com > > > I have heard that said. I have not heard its implementation. I have also > > heard that because of the thicker Yamaha soundboard (because, at least in > > part, of its softer rim) the piano really needs the harder hammer to do > > whatever its supposed to do. Does the piano still have good power with the > > replacement hammers (what about Renner)? > > >
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