Hey, Jim...careful with your opinions of opinions...;-] David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 08:02:08 EDT Subject: Re: hammers >In a message dated 04/07/02 6:51:01 AM, cadunn@vt2000.com writes: ><< I have picked up the Renner and Abel are hard hammers and for many >folks, hard to set up. >> >Clair; > Careful with what you let set up in your wet ware :-) .....to describe any >hammer as "hard" you must have a reference point. There is no reference point >for hammer "hardness" that I am aware of...sooooo it comes down to personal >experience, tastes and perception. > To describe both Abel and Renner as "hard" begs the question as the Renner >is typically much softer than the Abel and produces vastly different tonal >qualities straight out of the box. > Thankfully 'most' of the hammer makers today get the shape right and it is >typically in the pressing and felt quality where the differences lay. (I >think all the makers offer different choices of moulding material) > What I am trying to say is that "hard" is relative and you should not allow >expressed "opinions" of hardness set up as 'fact' in your wet ware. I went >back over the posts on this subject and find that there were more who said >Abel/Renner were not difficult to work with than the ones who said they >were......opinons all, and each flavored by individual taste, experience and >perception. Don't write excellent hammers off without forming your own actual >experience with them. >BTW, the Abel lights are an excellent choice for your Brambach. Of course >that is just my 'opinion'. :-) >Jim Bryant (FL)
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