A440A@AOL.COM wrote: > Greetings all, > I am taking some suggestions here on a new hammer job. The piano is a > Baldwin M. > This is a fairly small grand, and the hammers on there are somewhat > lighter than the Renner Blues I have usually used. The Renner Lites are > available in the right weight and lengths, but this customer is interested in > a mellow piano sound, so I am looking for something that has a little less > compression in it. > I have, for some reason, worked on extremely few Baldwins in my career, > and rehammered only one, years ago, when the hammer choices were more > limited. What is the hammer recomendation from those "Baldwin Experienced"? > Is it the Abel? Factory replacements? Ronson, etc? Somebody get me up to > speed on what is working best for these pianos today! > Thanks and regards, > Ed Foote If you have little experience with Abels I would suggest you try them. Mellow yet powerfull is often enough the result. I have no experience with Ronsons, but someone once told me that they needed laquer as a general rule. Is this true ? Richard Brekne
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