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Hi David
<p>Cant give you any direct experience thus on a CFIII, but I have routinely
replaced hammers on Yamaha C seires grands (2 C-3's 3 C-6's and a C-7 just
these past 4 years) with the equivilant of Renner Blues. I personally like
the results quite well, especially after having quite improved my voicing
skills these past couple years.
<p>Andre' from Holland I think would have something to say on the matter
if he was listening, and his words are always worth reading. I think, he
would probably say the Renner Hammers dont work so well, definatly he would
say the classic Steinway shape is not appropriate for Yamahas.
<p>Just my 2 cents
<p>RicB
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<p>"David M. Porritt" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> Until a couple of years ago we had 2 Steinway
"D"s in our larger recital hall. One (1983) was wonderful, the other
(1993) was somewhat less than wonderful. When it came time to trade
one of them (i.e. a donor was found) we didn't find any Steinway that was
universally liked. We did find a Yamaha CFIIIS that was purchased. Since
the one we kept (1983) was my favorite piano in the world, I fully expected
to dislike the Yamaha. I can't!My favorite now is which ever one
I'm playing! The Steinway "faithful" can't imagine why we bought this
un-Steinway. They claim the Yamaha has a nice sound, but the Steinway
has "The Steinway Sound" whatever that is. This morning I had a few
extra minutes and both pianos were side by side. I played one, then
the other. I played 8 measures on one, then the same 8 measures on
the other. A big chord on one, the the same big chord on the other.
At this point I started to think that the basic difference was the hammers.
The Steinway has Renner Blues, the Yamaha has factory original Yamahas. So
my question: Has anyone ever heard, worked on, or played a CFIIIS
with Renner hammers? The hammers that are on there are too new to
replace at this point, but someday they'll need to go and I'd love to have
someone else's experience on this. Thanks, dave
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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<br>Richard Brekne
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<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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