Oh, was it a Hamilton? Missed that. That might change my opinion. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:45 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: Ronsen Hammers David has it right here. Samples for the piano and the acoustic environment are always a safe bet. What A Baldwin Hamilton DOES NOT NEED is a stiffer hammer but less stiff. Not soft but not overly stiff. My goal; would be to render mute the obnoxious whining from the funky string scaling. Dale Erwin R.P.T. Ronsen piano hammers Phone: 209-577-8397 -----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 8:29 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ronsen Hammers You have to judge the piano on its own merit first. Many Baldwin scales tend to be somewhat higher tension with slightly heavier soundboards. Given reasonable soundboard health I find that they sometimes want a slightly firmer hammer. Some Abel hammers may be well suited to the task (there are many different Abel hammers as well). Some Ronsen hammers may be not suited to the task and may end up requiring enough lacquer as to suggest that another choice might have been better to start with. VFG felt is firmer but has its own characteristics that are somewhat different from, say, Weickert felt (different process). You may have other criteria as well that will drive the choice in one direction or another. Sample, sample, sample. Did I say sample? Hammer recommendations without knowing all the details of the piano and it’s circumstances are relatively meaningless. Of course Ronsen makes good hammers, so does Abel and so does Renner. You have to look beyond that to determine which hammer will best suit the job. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org?> ] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:18 AM To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ronsen Hammers You've got that right Joe! We recognized right from the start that Ronsen made the best hammers ever! And yes, he'll make them exactly how you ask. Al - High Point, NC On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: Dave said: "For some reason I see that more often in Baldwin pianos than any other, they don't seem to like the Louisiana heat and humidity. I really like the Ronsens, you can always add a little lacquer under the strike point if the top needs perking up." Dave, et al, You need to be more specific when discussing Ronsen Hammers and what you need to do to them!(Or any other brand, for that matter.<G>) At last count, Ronsen offers 4 different types of felt! Then, to add to the mix, you can ask Ray to press them in specific ways. So, there are many different choices when using Ronsen Hammers! It's one of several reasons I've been using them since the 70's!!!<G> I'm one satisfied customer and a big fan of Ronsens. Of course, if your favorite hammer is another company and they work for you,....great. It's what you want in tone and what you get used to. "adding lacquer" is not good advice imo. Best, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I http://gpianoworks.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130123/15492b98/attachment.htm>
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