<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Concert grands</title></head><body> <div>Dear Dave,</div> <div><br></div> <div>My colleague, Mary Smith, installed a set of Renner Blues on a Yamaha C3 her at UT recently and we were all very satisfied with the results.  The touch weight and hammer tail length worked out just fine, and the felt was less dense than the typical Yamaha hammer, and, thus, easier to voice.  Can't guarantee the same results on the CFIII, but if it were me, I'd be willing to give it a try.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Charles</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" 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.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Since the one we kept (1983) was my favorite piano in the world, I fully expected to dislike the Yamaha.  I can't!</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>My favorite now is which ever one I'm playing!</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>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.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>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.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>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.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>dave</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><br> _____________________________<br> David M. Porritt<br> dporritt@mail.smu.edu<br> Meadows School of the Arts</tt></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>Southern Methodist University</tt></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>Dallas, TX 75275</tt></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>_____________________________</tt></blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>