hammers

[David Love]

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Renner blues do use Wurzen felt, according to Lloyd Meyer.

David Love

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  From: Erwinspiano@AOL.COM=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: July 04, 2002 1:10 PM
  Subject: Re: hammers


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



    Subj:Re: hammers=20
    Date:7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
    From:antares@EURONET.NL
    Reply-to:pianotech@ptg.org
    To:pianotech@ptg.org
    Sent from the Internet=20

    Greetings Antares
      =20
      very interesting post!


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



    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 =
beautiful
    felt way in the past, before Russia invaded the East of germany. You =
see, 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 great
    factories like Schiedmayer, Bl=FCthner, Steinway Hamburg, Bechstein,
    B=F6sendorfer etc. used to buy this particular felt. One can =
distinguish it by
    looking at the sides :if you move the hammer a bit you can see the =
grain of
    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.

    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 I
    have the experience and after 5 minutes know have aquainted myself =
with the
    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 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 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 =
Months
    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.

    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.


    friendly greetings
    from

    Antares,

    Amsterdam, Holland

    "where music is, no harm can be"

    visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/





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