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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366'>Hmmm, very interesting. I’ll have
to closely watch the Wurzens. If your pianos are getting equal play and showing
little wear, maybe the Wurzens are the ticket for practice rooms. How is the
stability of voicing? Another thing I like about the Steinway hammers is how
they need little attention after the initial voicing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366'>Eric<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Informal Roman";color:red'>Eric Wolfley, RPT</span></font><font
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</span></font><font color=red face="Informal Roman"><span style='font-family:
"Informal Roman";color:red'>Head Piano Technician</span></font><font
color="#993366"><span style='color:#993366'> <br>
</span></font><font color=red face="Informal Roman"><span style='font-family:
"Informal Roman";color:red'>Cincinnati College-Conservatory of <st1:PlaceName
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style='font-family:"Informal Roman";color:red'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
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color:red'> of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place></st1:City></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Porritt, David<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 30, 2006
10:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College
and University Technicians</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] Hammer wear</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eric:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes these are on Steinways. We just have 10
locked rooms for piano performance majors and they are all Steinways (5 Ms, 4
Ls and 1B). They get constant, hard use. I don’t think there
could be an hour a day difference in the use as we really need more rooms and
they are used hard all day. I’ve not only been pleased with the
durability of the Wurzens but kind of shocked!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I’m no authority on NY Steinway hammers as the
only pianos that have them are new ones. When those wear out they are
replaced with Renner Blues in the past, or Ronsen Wurzens now. Out of 37
Steinways that we have, only 7 still have NY hammers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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