New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig

[erwinspiano at aol.com]

--David Love wrote


  I have found that the Bacon sets from Ronsen do not
really change the palette in terms of being in sync with the Steinway model.

 I Also agree .They are both using Bacon felt but Ronsens hammers are slimly pressed in a consistent way & require little juice as you say.  
It's a wonderful hammer for these pianos & requires so little work to get a colorful tone.
 
But you can order them pretty much any weight, or thickness and Ray can
deliver.
  In a world where personal service is a lost art Ray is still a gifted practioner of this wonderful communication skill.
?The pressing is a bit firmer than Steinway's so when you do add
lacquer you only need a very mild solution.  That adds density without
binding everything together and the hammer doesn't lose its resilience.
The

In fairness, I haven't seen an unlacquered set of Steinway hammers in awhile
because I pretty much gave up on them a few years ago.  They might be
improved but nothing I've heard recently in terms of their new pianos has
impressed me with respect to hammers.  Something happened in their
manufacturing of hammers awhile ago and I can't tell you what it was exactly
but they are neither consistent nor any good nor worth the money, in my
view. 
  Well what happened is that they shifted the lacquer solutions around about 2 years ago to satisfy some one for whatever reason 
  Ie. perhaps folks who complained they were too soft & those same folks were unfamiliar with the Steinway hammer voicing protocols. 
  Ok.... I simply asked nicely to get some hammers without lacquer.  That's how that happened.
 Dale Erwin



David Love
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www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:30 PM
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Subject: Re: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig

David,

What drawbacks/disadvantages do you have with pre-lacquered hammers?  Or is 
it mainly a preference for a different tonal palette than S&S hammers give?

BTW, it is comforting to hear that others are experiencing the same issue 
with the width of the new hammers.  Thought it was just me and my poor 
technique.......

William R. Monroe



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> After much discussion about problems with
> prelacquering,..........

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> David Love 






 

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