Abel Golden Bell Hammers Update

[John Ross]

MessageHi Wayne,
Watch out with the wider.
I had one piano, and the supplied hammers were wider, not as the samples I had sent.
I didn't notice, not expecting them to be wider. After installation, I had to trim the edges in the bass, to get them to be free.
I have seen trimmed bass hammers in some pianos from the factory.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Walker 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:30 PM
  Subject: Abel Golden Bell Hammers Update


  I posted a question about Abel Golden Bell Hammers on the list last week and received no response. Here is an update on the item which is sold by Pianophile in Canada. 

  Wayne Walker
  Piano Tuner / Technician
  Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service
  264 Herring Cove Road
  Halifax, NS, Canada
  B3P 1M1
  902-221-1540
  902-496-6924 Fax
  www.musicstop.com


  Hi Norm,
  I've noticed the new Abel Golden Bell Hammers. What is different about these hammers compare to the other Abel hammers you carry other than the yellow underfelt. I tried to find information on Abel web site but they had nothing about them. I'm doing a quote for work on a Heintzman upright and noticed these new hammers.



  Hi,

  We had several techs/rebuilding shops asking for a larger hammerhead. To use them in
  large Upright pianos.  

  We've contacted Abel to see what they could come up with. 

  The Golden Bell type is our own brand. It is heavier than the regular Abel hornbeam. (#0801-AL)

  For comparison,  hammerhead 00 from #0801-AL  weights  8.45 gr.   00 from #0801-AG weights 10.47 gr.
                             last hammer   95  from  #0801-AL weights  5.07 gr.  92 from #0801-AG weights 5.55 gr.       

  It's not really bigger, as what you see in old Uprights, but it is wider than regular Abel.
  From what we heard from the customers who installed them, it really brings up sound & volume from the
  piano. Of course it has regular features found in Abel hammerheads.

  Normand Trudel
  Sales Manager
  Pianophile Inc.


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