<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 14, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Paul T Williams wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">It appears that a lot of y'all like the Ronsen Werzen's. Is the difference between them and Brooks-Abel huge? I haven't tried the RW's, but now curious to try. Before becoming a CAUT, I liked the Renner Blues, but the Brooks/Abels won that battle pretty easily (at least on Steinways I've done so far). Is the dynamic range greater with RW's? What lasts longer? How much time difference in installing/voicing between the two?</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR><BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Thanks</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR><BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Paul</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I don't have any experience with the Ronsens. But a while back, Roger Jolly had recommended them for replacement of the rocks on our Baldwin Ls in our practice rooms. I called Pianotek to find out prices and when I explained what I was after, they told me that the Ronsen Werzens were definitely NOT what I was looking for if I didn't want to fight harsh tone in a practice room. They said those hammers were very hard and I would be constantly needling them.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I still haven't gotten around to replacing them. Got pushed down the priority list. But its going to have to happen someday soon, either by me or somebody. Those practice room hammers are about 13 years old now.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>