hammers

[antares]

I thought so, because they come from Renner. But I was not sure because, as
I said, I am not familiar with the American hammer market.




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Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

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> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:05:18 -0700
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: hammers
> 
> Renner blues do use Wurzen felt, according to Lloyd Meyer.
> 
> David Love
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erwinspiano@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> 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 
> 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
> 
> Greetings Antares
> 
> 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. 
> 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, Blüthner, Steinway Hamburg, Bechstein,
> Bösendorfer 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, Bösendorfer, 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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