Hammer Types

[Barbara Richmond]

Hi Ric,

Well, it's pretty little!  :)

Hmm, I was actually wondering about the power issue, since I've heard more 
than once concerns about Renner hammers cutting through the orchestra in a 
bigger hall.  I've never heard of a problem with a Hamburg Steinway being 
heard.  There is a possibility that I *may* have another big, not as big, 
but still big, dead hall to try to fill.  :)  Since I hear oo-la-las about 
Hamburg Steinway pianos (Yes, I understand that this is a NY piano) and 
groaning about the hammers coming out of NY, I thought I'd test out Hamburg 
hammers as another possibility.

Just thinking out loud here, you understand.

BTW, Brooks Encore (the plain ones) hammers solved the problem on that 
Seiler grand I was goofing around with for so long.  Two problems were 
solved--the nasty sound and a touchweight problem that hadn't been mentioned 
by the customer (I pointed it out).  He was extremely pleased with the 
results.   Ed Sutton will be happy to know that I ended up using pitch-locks 
on two of the notes instead of brass half round, etc.  ;)  This was the 
customer who had developed a hearing sensitivity and wanted me to do 
something about the tone quality to satisfy his ear, but also have the piano 
be acceptable to his musician friends.  As a technician friend said to me, 
how often does one get that kind of request?

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:19 AM
Subject: Hammer Types


> Hi Barbara
>
> And a pretty little head it IS !! :)
>
>
>    Here the questions that have been floating around in my pretty
>    little head
>    recently (ahem):
>
>    1. Would someone out there know the differences (if there are any)
>    between
>    the Hamburg Steinway hammers and the hammers Renner sells in the US?
>
> Most definantly.  But assuming the voicer did his job well enough, the 
> resulting difference should be rather transparent.
>
>