The all new Weickert felt hammer by Ronsen

[Paul T Williams]

Serge,

I think all he's trying to say is that these hammers from Ray are perhaps 
the best we can get.. and I say perhaps.. Please tell if there is better! 
Can you make better?Certainly the hammers from China aren't nearly as good 
or consistant. Do they work easily with you like Ray? Can they adjust to 
your needs? I've never seen hammers from China as good. 

Excuse me, but I'm a little grumpy right now trying to schedule junk that 
I'm caught in the middle of....  Sorry for the rant..

Paul




"Serge Harel" <serge.harel at videotron.ca> 
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Dear Dale
 
Sorry Dale but Ray is just the only one in USA not on the PLANET. 
The majority of the hammer head from China are hand screw press.
And there is a French maker in Paris: Desfougere that use hand presses
And I'm the only one to use the real Alfred Dolge presses
 
I do agree with all you said about the felt and how to press it and Ray do 
good jog for sure.
 
 
Serge Harel
Canada
 
 

 
2008/10/15 <erwinspiano at aol.com>


 David L. David A.
  I thank you for this post. Ray is the only guy on the planet providing 
hammers commercially using the hand screw press. It is this fact, which 
allows for his artisan approach to hammer making., that and 40 years of 
experience and dedication. Truly impressive. He'd be blushing to hear me 
go on. He deserves it.
 As Will Truit said hammers and felt vary, it's the real world, get over 
it. Felt making is absolutely an art form and yet densities in a felt 
sheet can vary from sheet to sheet. The beauty of the Dolge screw press is 
that the operator can feel how much pressure each uniquely made strip of 
felt requires to achieve a narrow spectrum of density in the final 
product. This so important because hydraulic presses can literally squash 
the life out of felt especially when coupled with too much heat. Rays 
hands can feel this pressure. I've been there I've turned the screws. It's 
an acquired skill to be sure. Hey it keeps him in shape.
 
  Dale Erwin 


Yes it is.  And I hope people appreciate Ray and what he is doing 
delivering a custom made hammer and responding to the needs and input from 
the techs.  Not to diminish the commitments of the other suppliers like 
Abel and Renner who deliver a very high quality product but it tends to be 
more of a one style fits all approach.  Ray is really trying to respond to 
the variety of tonal requirements that are part of our daily bread.  There 
isn't anyone else doing this with hammers right now and he should be 
applauded and supported! 
David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 
. I guess that's the beauty of dealing with a custom artisan like Ray 
Negron at Ronsen---he can do it for us.
 
DA
 



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