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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ed:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I haven’t seen a Ronsen Bacon
felt hammer for a long time but that’s what I understand also that the
Bacon felt is softer. My experience with the Wurzen AA felt ones has been
very good. The denser felting doesn’t pack like softer hammers, yet
if they get bright needles penetrate quite easily. I don’t have an
electron microscope so my observations are very unscientific but the Wurzen
felt seems just more dense from the <i>felting</i> process rather than the <i>hammer
pressing</i> process. From what I heard of the testing on a new Walter
grand, the Bacon felt was better on the very live sounding board assembly.
On most sounding boards that we see the Bacon felt needs some hardener. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Try a set of the Wurzen AAs I
think you’ll really like them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>A440A@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 14, 2007 6:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] My take on them, (was The "new" S&S
Hammers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";
color:black'>Hi David <br>
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color:black'><br>
I would recommend trying a set of the Ronsen Wurzen hammers. I think<br>
they'll work well with your approach to voicing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><br>
I think I am going to do just that. I spoke with Roger Jolly recently and
he mentioned that the Bacon felt hammers from Ronsen were softer,and would need
some hardener in the extreme ends, but the AA wurzen felt was harder. Do
you have experience with these two different hammers? <br>
Thanks for the note, <br>
Ed <br>
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Ed Foote RPT<br>
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