John: I put new hammers on a C3 about a year (maybe 2) ago. I used Yamaha hammers and the customer and I were very pleased with the result. If I remember they come glued on the shank making it a pretty easy job. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/15/00 at 8:45 AM John Gunderson wrote: >I have a customer, a fairly accomplished piano player, who has a 15 yr >old Yamaha C3. She wants to have new hammers installed. I am >concerned about which hammers to choose to come as close to the original >yamaha sound as possible, but more importantly to preserve the >touch-weight. I have experience using Renner Premium Blue, but my >instincts tell me that these may not be the right choice (especially >with regard to touch-weight). I'm leaning towards getting hammers >directly from Yamaha but I have no experience with their hammers. I >would appreciate any imput. Thanks. > >John Gunderson, Associate member >North Jersey Chapter David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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