>I don't know when >the harder pressing that you refer to started happening. > > >>Me either but the few sets I use show a difference currently. > >I have a set of >hammers that I ordered for the C about 2 months ago. We'll see how they >are. And we'll see if the set after that is similar (which would be a >first for Steinway). Renner at 7 sounds OK. Ronsen Wurzen at 5 sounds OK >(don't agree about the Bacon felt though, unless things have >changed). Don't agree about the Steinway being 4.5 unless things have >changed dramatically recently. > > >> ... we'll see > >> Dale A little background info might help this make more sense to the list. The e-mail that Dale forwarded was from a private exchange between him and me. In an earlier e-mail he had taken exception to me categorizing Steinway and Ronsen/Bacon hammers as 'really soft'. On a scale of 1 to 10 he thought that Renner Blues should be 7, Ronsens 5, and Steinways 4.5 Phil Ford
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