Let me concur with David. Dennis & I installed a Wurzen set in a old Yamaha G-2 J model Friday. Though not my favorite model this one really has a good Sitka board with very singing tone. Other than the usual careful weight prep & shaping there was no initial needling to be done & no juice at all. It sounds very clear/much sustain & even from the git go. I did needle two hammers in octave four that sounded a bit strident & I will say these are not soft hammers and if I did it over I would use Bacon felt on this one. I've used the Wurzen a fair bit & as with any felt the densities can vary a bit. However Wurzens have been my first choice for the Yamaha piano. My concern is that in heavy use scenarios I'd be going back to needle them out quite thoroughly. Oh well that's life. Next time though I will do some sampling. Dale For heavy use start softer. For light use you can start harder. In this case, I would go with Ronsen Wurzen. You need something firm enough for the Yamaha tonal model but not so firm that you are doing a lot of initial voicing to get the tone down to where you want it and even more to keep it there. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com ...While we're on the subject I have some experience with Abel hammers and almost none with Renners, for longevity in a classroom situation and that will still retain some tonal qualities what hammers would you recommend? Mike ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071012/71f3f52d/attachment.html
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