My preference is to find a hammer that's as close to my goal as possible and that requires the least amount of manipulation. While I am comfortable with how to handle larger manipulations when necessary I can't say I prefer it or that it produces a particularly stable result. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:18 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Steinway sound-Hammer weights On Mar 3, 2011, at 7:40 PM, David Love wrote: So on a Steinway D what is your voicing down hammer of choice? I have simply used Steinway D hammers and lacquered them for the Ds under my care, thus far, and I am happy with the results, as are my "clients." I use any number of different hammers for Bs and smaller, and haven't come upon any that I can't work with (mostly Abel and Renner products), though some are easier to work with than others. I don't have the time to change out hammers all that often, and certainly don't have "time to waste" on them, as in experimenting and then deciding that set didn't work and changing them out. It has to work, period. (I have plenty of money for parts, just not enough time to put them on and set them up - and they have to be ready to go when the fall semester starts, little down time). Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu "We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Casteneda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20110304/d5e73e69/attachment.htm>
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