[CAUT] New Renner hammers

[Paul T Williams]

Jim,

How heavy are these hammers compared to Wally's/Abel Naturals?

Paul




From:
Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To:
"caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
Date:
06/10/2010 11:29 AM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers



David,
 
Over six months of very heavy use and they seem to wear better than any 
hammer I have used to date. They have become a bit bright with usage, but 
nothing like regular Blues. I have only had to even out voicing and light 
crown needling. Rick tells me to treat them like Blues. With only one set 
I don’t have a lot of feedback to give, but this professor wears out 
hammers more than anyone, and I can see these getting maybe twice the 
mileage that the S&S hammers got. And I’m one who usually uses Steinway 
hammers on Steinway, etc. but these seem so much like the hammers on that 
80 year old D I spoke about last year; same shape, feel and sound. There 
might be something to the “diamond” shape too.
 
Jim 
 
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
David Love
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:09 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Renner hammers
 
Have you had a chance to hear them over a long period of time and with 
heavy use?  How do they develop? 
 
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
 
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim 
Busby
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 11:50 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
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
 
 


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