David, Really...how many sets of Renner Blues have you filed? You find they file just like any other hammer? Not what I find. There are no clear layers of felt. Ugly looking beasts. I remember Chris Robinson talking about actually using a belt sander to try to clean up the hammers.... David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: David Andersen <bigda@gte.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:23:30 -0800 Subject: Re: Heavily played newish Mason gets "strident" too quickly... >> David, >> >> I'd like an explanation on how to file Renner Blue hammers? >Well...you file 'em just like you file any other hammer: carefully and >evenly, taking the flat spot out, restoring the ovoid shape, leaving a >2mm-long trace of the string cuts on the strike point. >> Voicing the >> hammer is certainly possible it is the stability of the voicing that is the >> issue. >With respect, not to me. I have many sets of Renner Blues in high constant >use situations and they hold a voicing beautifully. As Ric Brekne said in >another post, if you don't use long needles and go deep into the hammer >very, very close to the "forbidden zone," you won't get stable, long-lasting >results. >Faint heart ne'er won fair maiden, but get a mentor before you go tearin' >somethin' up. >My offer of explaining verbally how I deep needle voice near the strike >point, almost like acupuncture, is still good. >> >> David I. >David A. >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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