Imadegawa hammers

[Richard Brekne]

I think the answer to your question is really more a matter of how much 
work you want to do to get the sound you are after. You might believe 
that any old set will dramatically improve the sound, but sometimes its 
really more of a dramatic change then an improvement. An older piano 
generally is easy to overdrive, and softer hammers are often a better 
choice. If the piano is worth a new set of hammers at all, then its 
worth buying a set that will enhance what acoustic charachteristics it has.

Cheers
RicB



pianolover 88 wrote:

> I'm replacing old hammers in a customer's 1896 Emerson Upright, and I 
> wanted to get opinions as to the use of "Imadegawa" brand hammers. 
> They cost about $40 less than an Abel set, which I know is a superior 
> hammer, but... Is the Imadegawa a decent hammer for an old upright? My 
> customer is only an "ocassional" player, and up until now (I just met 
> her last week), her piano was almost a WHOLE step flat, had 
> non-damping dampers, and hammers that were badly worn, almost to the 
> wood core! (sometime in the past, someone must have filed, the 
> hammers, probably more than once). So, I'm sure ANY new hammers will 
> be a big improvement, but still, I wanted the opinion(s) of those 
> wiser than I.
> Thanks!
>
> Terry Peterson
>
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