---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 David, =20 I haven't worked on any Shigerus. I was under the impression that the =20 hammers are different than what is used on the RXs. =20 Dave Stahl =20 In a message dated 6/1/05 6:29:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, =20 davidlovepianos@comcast.net writes: =20 I=E2=80=99m sure you could use Ronsens, but the Shigeru hammer is a very ni= ce =20 hammer on those instruments. I don=E2=80=99t know if I would call the Rons= en Wurzen a =E2=80=9C mellow=E2=80=9D hammer. It has some firmness to it and requires a little n= eedling to=20 open it up, at least for me. As with most hammer installation jobs, the co= st=20 is in the labor. Prices on hammers don=E2=80=99t vary that much. Get som= e samples=20 and listen to both.=20 =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net =20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behal= f=20 Of Piannaman@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:17 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Ronsens a possibility on a Kawai RX??=20 =20 I work on many Kawai pianos, most of them 5 years old or less. Many of=20 them are RX series pianos. I like the soft voice they have when new. =20 =20 =20 Though the hammers are heat pressed, they are voiced down quite a bit at th= e=20 factory. However, after a few years (or less, depending on the player),=20 they become hard and brittle sounding. They can be voiced again and again,= but=20 when they need replacement--which will be soon on at least one of them--I w= as=20 considering the possibility of the Ronsen AA Wurzen felt hammers. It seem= s=20 logical to me, based on what I've heard of these hammers and based on the=20 sounds I like to hear coming from RX series grands. =20 =20 Has anybody tried these or alternative hammers on Kawai grands? =20 =20 =20 Am I way off the mark? =20 =20 Are the Shigeru hammers cold pressed, and might they not be a good--and=20 probably expensive--replacement also? =20 =20 Just wondering, =20 =20 Dave Stahl =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d2/b7/0a/94/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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