Hi all, I've seen the reviews on the Naturals and have an input. I took an all day class with Wally Brooks here at the Nebraska Chapter some 3 years ago. I highly recommend you do the same. He really knows how to deal with these hammers! Once educated in how to treat these gems, you'll fall in love with them! I'm getting ready to order my 12th set for our pianos here at UNL. They do brighten up after a year of hard use, but they easily calm down with some high shoulder voicing. If you follow his instructions, follow up with them 6 months into it, you'll find a great sounding piano...even one of our Steinway D with a "special" hammer he has. The American Liszt Fest loved it! It was wonderful to hear such singing praises for this piano!( A 1980...all teflon removed..Thank you Richard West!!) They are really easy to prep/pre-voice, etc. and are very forgiving if you treat them in the right way. Call Wally! Paul From: kurt baxter <fortefile at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 07/19/2010 02:45 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Abel naturals - report I have used one set of Naturals, but they were for an upright. It was a partially rebuilt big old American upright, and for some reason the previous tech had restrung the piano but didn't do anything to the action. The original hammers had aged distinctly in the "honky-tonk" direction tone-wise. The new set of Naturals actually seemed TOO soft/mellow, but it might have just been the stark contrast. I also figured they would brighten up with time, and the client was happy with how they sounded, so I left them alone. I have not been back for a follow up tuning yet, so I don't know how they have settled in. So anyway, I am somewhat surprised to hear people describe them as overly hard. -k -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100719/8391aeef/attachment.htm>
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