[CAUT] New Renner hammers

[G Cousins]

Thanks Jim  most helpful.
Hoping to trade war stories in Vegas
Salt tastes..well...salty to me. 
Gerry
 

From: jim_busby at byu.edu
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:49:52 -0600
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers



















Hi,

 

Pre-voice like Blues. (Gang file shoulders, etc. per
instructions on-line Renner) Generally voice like Blues, but there is less work
after the pre-voicing. No lacquer. No ironing. Out of the box they are bright, yet
warm and have more “presence” for lack of a better word, after initial
voicing. When I say “presence”, it’s like an old amplifier I
had that had a “presence” knob. When you increased presence you
seemed to have more midrange frequencies. High “sizzle” as Steinway
calls it, is no problem, but some crown needling will even out tone as needed.
Plenty of power! I wish I had the vocabulary to describe it all. Maybe Vince
can write something. On the B they sounded so good that it was almost like
taking cotton out of my ears. Clarity was so much better than the S&S I had
on. And you could whisper on them, up to FF with a change in color that was not
distorted, but different. Gosh Gerry, it’s like describing the taste of
salt… <G> Sorry.

 

Best,

Jim

 





From:
caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of G
Cousins

Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 11:33 AM

To: CAUT

Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers





 

Jim,

Very interesting.

What did you have to do to them?  How much work?

Gang filing, pre-voicing prep, post-lacquering, ironing etc?

Out of the box, are they dark (warm),bright (hot) other?

Curious mind(s) would like to know.

Gerry C

WCUPA 

 







From: jim_busby at byu.edu

To: caut at ptg.org

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:24:32 -0600

Subject: [CAUT] New Renner hammers



All,

 

Attached
is a pic of the brand new Renner Weikert felt “Blue Point” hammer.
This is about hammer #35 or so. Vince and I have been testing these for about a
year now and they are very good! They have the famous Weikert felt, but are
pressed to the classic diamond shape. They are ready for sale now, I believe,
and you’ll hear more about them in Vegas. I’m NOT a salesman, but
as a devoted CAUTee thought you’d like to know.

 

While
it may seem more of the same old “blah, blah, this hammer’s the
best…” if anyone wants to try them I would definitely give them my
endorsement! They sound great and are easy to work with. I’m in the
process of putting them on our Hamburg D and two more Bs. Everyone seems to
have an opinion about hammers, and I think I’ve tried about everything,
but these work very well on Ds and Bs. I’m not the expert that many of
you are, but I’ve hung a lot of hammers, and rather than try to impress
you with anything I “know” let me just offer them to you with a
definite “you gotta try these!” attitude, hoping that you may
articulate their attributes better than I.

 

Jim
Busby BYU

Snow
College



 		 	   		  
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