[CAUT] Weikert felt; was 80 year old S&S hammers

[Jim Busby]

Thanks Ed,

So, is this just another hammer option, or is this a "home run! You gotta try these!"? What would you put them on? Concert instruments, everything?

Thanks.
Jim

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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Weikert felt; was 80 year old S&S hammers


<< I know the Wurzen felt is good, and this (Weikert) is supposed to be the 
"best of the best". (Of course) But is this felt like the old Steinway? Has 
anyone tried these hammers? >>

      I have, and I like them.  They are soft. The two octaves on either 
end got a full eyedropper of 8:1 lacquer on the shoulders just to get them in 
the ballpark.  Then four drops of the same on the strike point of all 88. A 
pianist that played them before and after noticed how much more controllable 
the sound was after the treatment.  
     I expect that after 20 hours of play they will be the perfect 
combination of resilience, (for the fundamental) and compacted surface(for the upper 
partials).  
regards,


Ed Foote RPT 
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