It will be interesting to compare the Renner Blue Points with Ronsen's Weickert felt hammers (I have some of each on order)... same felt apparently, just a different way of pressing. Also, I hope we'll be able to get some of these in at least an 11.5mm width, so there's room for a variety of shift positions with 3-string contact. Mark Cramer, RPT Brandon Universty > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100611/e2c18d14/attachment.htm>
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