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[Erwinspiano@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
antares@EURONET.NL writes:


> Subj:Re: hammers=20
> Date:7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF=3D"mailto:antares@EURONET.NL">antares@EURONET.NL</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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> Greetings Antares
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>   very interesting post!

   Your post on this wonderful felt are recieved with open ears. Sounds like=
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a voicers dream. This hammer and felt must be a different animal than what i=
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in the American Renner blues for I have not cared for that sound no matter=20
how well voiced. Flame suit on and Just My biased opinion.
  I would love to have a resource address and phone number for the hammers/=20
or the felt your referring to.
  I've heard rumors of this type felt before. The info sounds vaguely like=20
the Russians ate this rare variety of sheep story when they invaded and=20
that's why mysterious wunder  felt isn't available to us now.  I don't mean=20
to be cynical but really I've heard this story before and wondered about the=
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truth of it.
  I do however think that this type of felt when it did or does exist has=20
been described to me as kashmir which I think would be ideal. I'd like to=20
order some and have it pressed up at Ronsen.
  I would find it refreshing if Yamaha and others really had such a felt and=
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were able to process it without making them too hard to needle. I appreciate=
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this post and any hard addresses or numbers would be appreciated by us all.
   Best   >>>> Dale Erwin>>>>>

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> Let me try to make clear one thing about the Renners with Wurzen felt from
> Europe :
> It is possible to ask for a not so hard hammer so that voicing them is a
> piece of cake.=20
> Allow me furthermore explain about the Wurzen felt : This was the beautifu=
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> felt way in the past, before Russia invaded the East of germany. You see,=20
> in
> the East of germany there is this small place called Wurzen and that is
> where they make this felt. The conditions for making felt have always been
> superb there, amongst others because of the water, that's why all the grea=
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> factories like Schiedmayer, Bl=FCthner, Steinway Hamburg, Bechstein,
> B=F6sendorfer etc. used to buy this particular felt. One can distinguish i=
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> by
> looking at the sides :if you move the hammer a bit you can see the grain o=
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> the felt and it reminds me of very expensive Kashmir shawls, and that is
> actually what we see : condensed Kashmir wool.
> The wool fibers come from the best wool in the world and the makers of the
> felt have experience based on more than a century of felt making.
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> I have voiced very many piano's. As a matter of fact, it is my daily
> activity. It is the most difficult part of creating a beautiful tone and
> that is why I have invested so much time in learning this process.
> On the one hand I - every time again - fear the job because it is always a
> crucial moment and I always hope that the hammers are not too hard, on the
> other hand, because I am on edge I usually bring it to a good end because=20=
I
> have the experience and after 5 minutes know have aquainted myself with th=
e
> new hammers and know my course.
> For a voicing technician, the intoneur, it is crucial to not have too hard
> hammers, as it spoils the pleasure.
> For that reason I have also invested very much time, energy and miles to
> find out where in Europe I could find the nicest hammer felt.
> When I finally found it, it gave me much pleasure and assurance that I was
> not the only one deciding for this felt : as I have explained before, most
> Steinway, B=F6sendorfer, Bechstein and Yamaha also chose for this felt at=20=
the
> same time and Yamaha makes the CFIII-S hammers in such a way that it even
> takes time for the hammers to find their balance and become tough and hard=
.
> The latest Yamaha concert hammers are the easiest ones of them all because
> the (Wurzen) felt is nice, soft and gentle.
> Nowadays even Samick (in Incheon) buys Wurzen felt from Germany and they=20
> now
> make their hammers themselves in Korea.
> Steinway Hamburg chooses for a somewhat harder pressing which gives the
> instruments a more brilliant tone from the beginning but after a few Month=
s
> of professional playing we start all over again, which (at least here in
> Europe) is a normal process and pretty nice for my bank account.
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> With this story I DON'T mean to tell anybody that this is THE ONLY felt in
> the world.......hey! on the contrary!.... I have no knowledge of the
> American felt makers and have no opinion about it either.
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> friendly greetings
> from
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> Antares,
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> Amsterdam, Holland
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> "where music is, no harm can be"
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> visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/
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