Walter 175 hammers

[David Love]

In this case I believe the pianos started out with Abel hammers since that's
what they were using on the 190.  After they decided it was too hard a
hammer they went to Ronsen with maple moldings and tried both the Wurzen and
Bacon when I was out there in Indiana at the factory with Del.  They ended
up settling on the Wurzen and as far as I know they all had maple moldings.

 

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 8:16 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Walter 175 hammers

 

  Mark

 It's really hard to make assumptions based on moldings. By the way Ronsen
supplies mahogany moldings on request.  It's called
sapele...or.....(suh---pee-- lee). So not necessarily Abel. In fact Charles
asked me about the tone of one of his pianos in Feb at the Cal. He was going
to try the Bacon felt as the consensus including mine was that the hammers
in the piano were  strident sounding.

  Dale

 

Thanks, Del, Dale, and David. The hammers have mahogany-colored moldings, so
I guess that means Abel? Interesting. The piano is in a large showroom, so I
will advocate hardeners only as a last resort. Meanwhile, it'll be fun to
see how far I can take it with polishing/ironing. 

- Mark

 





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