This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The current thread, about Wurzen Hammers, was started as a query about = "Work Hardening Hammers". As usual, it has taken several turns away from = the main topic! :-( My comments regarding the Wurzen Hammers on the 1867 Chickering were = totally misconstrued, IMO. My comments were in regard to "straight out = of the box" and not what they can be. "Straight out of the box", these = hammers were not that much different than the Ronsen Euros, which I = like. As I have been using hammers from Ronsen for over 30 years, I = pretty much know what to expect. The last few notes in the treble were = weak. I expected that. Ray presses the hammers as hard as he can, in = that area, w/o busting up/distorting the moulding. This is a GOOD thing, = as it allows the tech to bring the hammers up to an acceptable = brilliance, rather than other hammers that are too bright at the onset = and get absolutely crappy with a little playing. I hate voicing, i.e. = sticking needles, consequently, the less of that I can do and still = achieve a good overall tone, the better!!! Now that the piano has been played, (heavily), by some of my pianistic = friends,<G>, the tone is really coming into it's own. All of this w/o = sticking needles into the felt and destroying the interlock of the = fiber(s)! To me that is what it's all about: With a good scale, good = board/bridge, good action and attention to detail. Needles are the LAST = thing I want to do or need, in most cases But, I digress from the initial "hypothesis" of "work hardening = hammers". I believe the hammer MUST be played in, in order to achieve = it's maximum potential. How long this takes, depends on the hammer and = the piano AND it's amount of use. This "playing in" can be sped up with = my "Pounder", but this alone will not do the whole job. If anyone were = to ask me what hammer I would recommend for the maximum tone production, = for a given piano, I would say only one word: WURZEN! The cost is so = very much the same, from one set to the other, that there is no = contest....Buy the best! Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ac/1e/c2/ed/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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