Night And Day

[Farrell]

It seems that I read sometimes this hammer is too hard, that hammer is too soft, etc. Is it not the case that some hammers will work with some piano types, and other hammers with other pianos? Such as, softer hammers might work well on pianos with efficient soundboards, a firmer hammer, such as an Abel, might work good on an older piano whose soundboard has lost some of its efficiency, and maybe and rock hard hammer (asian) will work well with an asian piano that maybe has a relatively inefficient soundboard design?

Isn't that a better way to look at the hammer question? I can't believe an Abel is no good for any piano, and I can't imagine that an Isaac or a Steinway hammer will work well on all pianos.

Or am I just all wet?

Terry Farrell
  
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Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: Night And Day


> I too have found the Abels way too hard.  I had a set on a 6' grand in my 
> studio, 10 steamings later they still hurt your ears.  Put a set of Isaac's 
> on, a light acetone/keytop in the top three octaves and what a sound!  I just 
> went to visit this piano at the teacher's studio who bought it from me and 
> everything is still fine.  My first set also went on a teacher's piano, she 
> has 70 students and after a year they still looked and sounded like new.  The 
> sets I have used weigh off around the break between middle and high SW in 
> Stanwood's chart.
> 
> I have a couple sets of Abel hammers I think I would like to sell.
> 
> 
> Andrew Remillard
> ANRPiano.com
>