This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tom: I've hung Renner Blues almost exclusively for many years and have= never had any pull apart yet. What do you mean by "pull= completely apart"? Where? Inquiring minds want to know. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: <Tompiano@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:20:08 EDT Subject: Re: Werzen/Ronsen hammer update In a message dated 5/31/2004 11:09:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,= Erwinspiano@aol.com writes: Can you tell me how the Werzen hammer compares to Abel and Renner= blues ? Or have you used those before ? I am not familiar with= Werzen, what are their origins, pedigree and outlets ? Can you= get them prehung ? Dan, I personally like Abel hammers, as I have probably installed= about a 7 dozen on various instruments (from concert pianos to= small grands). I have been using them since Wally Brooks first= started selling them in the mid 1990's. They voice out quite= nicely and are an easy hammer to maintain on the stage. Voicing= stays rather predictably. That being said, I have noticed that the hammers have been= showing up in the raw stage much harder then I remember in years= past. Now the hammers sound closer to the Yamaha hammers right= out of the box. So there's quite a bit of preparation needling= just to get one in the ballpark. The Wurtzen felt is entirely a different animal all together. It= is used with minimal heat, says Ray Negron from Ronsen, and the= material is like nothing else we have had available for our= industry in sometime. This appears to be the same material the= older Steinways and better pianos used during the turn of the= century. And we can determine by all the older Steinways and= Mason & Hamlins, how nice of sound those hammers delivered even= after 80 years. Ronsen will custom make your hammers with your pick of wood. I= have picked the soft maple because it's lighter and I don't want= to add any touch issues into the mix. The last 2 sets put the touch weight in the mid -to high 40's= with a nice upweight. Preparation: for a large piano I'm sure you are going to need= some juicing on both extremes of the keyboard. Normal hammer= filing, good hammer/string fit, and some light needling and you= are in business. Wait till you hear the expansive sound these hammer generate. You= won't believe it! Renner Blues: I do not like these hammers nor can I recommend= them. I live in S. Florida and I have installed 10 sets in the= past. Each and every set has pulled completely apart within 5= years after installation. And that is with humidity control= devices installed. Has anyone else had that experience with the Renner Blues? Tom Servinsky ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a9/75/9f/35/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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