S&S replacing Hammer Assemblies with new

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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        Andre=20
   I agree with the reasoning of what youre' saying but The Ronsen hammer on=
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mahogony moldings can be tapered,arced & coved to be esentially the same=20
weight as the original Steinway hammers. I've done it many times & the sound=
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good.
     In fact Ray Negron at Ronsen said recently that John Patton of Steinway=
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said that Ray's hammers are as close to the originals as any thing made toda=
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both in weight & density. Quite a compliment. I use primarily his hammer tha=
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uses the felt he buys from Abel.
   Regard--Dale
Yes but the immediate problem you get is when you replace the original=20
hammers as well, because in this case the weight of the hammers is very=20
crucial.
It means getting a new hammer that weighs exactly as much as the=20
original.
There is no hammer maker who produces exactly that hammer, so you have=20
to modify a new set of hammers and you have to almost ruin that new set=20
of hammers to get back to the original weight.
I have seen many attempts to do so and they all looked ridiculous, the=20
tails were still too long and in the end they were still too heavy=20
anyway because the materials used nowadays are different and weigh more=20
than the original hammers of which for instance the original felt was=20
much less dense than VFG felt Abel uses.
More lead in the keys will complete the usual and well known=20
catastrophe.

My 2 Euro cents

Andr=E9 Oorebeek

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