Renner hammers vs domestic

[Avery Todd]

Stephen,

    Can't help much but I've been told that the new Samick made Wurlitzers
(for Baldwin) now have Renner hammers and they are much more mellow
than the "clangers" they used to have.
    I have three D's at the university with Renner hammers but they are all
prior to 1998.

Avery

At 12:24 AM 01/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Some of you may be following the felt-making thread on CAUT list, but for
>those who are not, I'll forward a little question - I'm sure we can get
>some reasonable response here on this from collective experience:
>
>On 1/11/01 at 12:42 PM Stephen Birkett wrote:
> >
> > -- big snip --
> >
> > A question. For those who know, what is the current status of Renner
> > hammers? Has there been any change in these over the past two years? How
> > does the amount of lacquering used on Renner hammers compare with
> > domestic hammers?
> >
>to which one response has come so far:
>
> > I've only "doped" one set of Renner hammers ever.  Those were on a piano
> > that doesn't have much umph.  It was the pianos fault rather
> > than the hammers.
> >
>
>I'm especially interested to know if Renner hammers have changed in any
>noticeable way since 1998.
>
>Stephen
>
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