Hammer Types

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love
| Sent: October 06, 2006 7:01 AM
| To: 'Pianotech List'
| Subject: RE: Hammer Types
| 
| . . . In all fairness, a couple of 
| the listeners (there were probably 8 - 10 people who listened 
| to the results) did prefer the Wurzen hammer (no one 
| preferred the Abels) but only after fairly heavy voicing.  
|

Our choice was confirmed over the next several days as a number of other people
were able to listen to and evaluate these three pianos. The piano with the
Ronsen/Bacon hammers was growing in popularity. 

The preference for the harder sounding hammers does depend, somewhat, on the
type of music being played. It has been my observation that some pianists really
have little use for a broad timbral range. Several of the folks who expressed a
preference for the Ronsen/Wurzen (or the Abel) hammers played with a fairly
heavy hand. In some cases rarely, if ever, getting much below a mezzo-forte. In
these cases there is little need for anything approaching pianissimo. 

Del