This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm sure you could use Ronsens, but the Shigeru hammer is a very nice hammer on those instruments. I don't know if I would call the Ronsen Wurzen a "mellow" hammer. It has some firmness to it and requires a little needling to open it up, at least for me. As with most hammer installation jobs, the cost is in the labor. Prices on hammers don't vary that much. Get some samples and listen to both. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Piannaman@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:17 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Ronsens a possibility on a Kawai RX?? I work on many Kawai pianos, most of them 5 years old or less. Many of them are RX series pianos. I like the soft voice they have when new. Though the hammers are heat pressed, they are voiced down quite a bit at the factory. However, after a few years (or less, depending on the player), they become hard and brittle sounding. They can be voiced again and again, but when they need replacement--which will be soon on at least one of them--I was considering the possibility of the Ronsen AA Wurzen felt hammers. It seems logical to me, based on what I've heard of these hammers and based on the sounds I like to hear coming from RX series grands. Has anybody tried these or alternative hammers on Kawai grands? Am I way off the mark? Are the Shigeru hammers cold pressed, and might they not be a good--and probably expensive--replacement also? Just wondering, Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cf/2d/5c/80/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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