1 string, 2 strings, 3 strings or more

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

>From when (and who) is your information ?.

Generally admitted here is that Steinway Hammers are made by Renner and that
the felt is made by Wurzen, in fact an (ex)RDA factory that Renner bought
and that produce very good felt, springy and resilient but not too
hard(little yellow too on the quality used by Renner).

Indeed there had been changes in felt (and moldings now) on S&S Hamburg
since 2 years approx.

Did you understand that Abel had again the fabrication of Steinway hammers ?

They had from a time, then it came back to Renner. I may check that , and
will let you know.

At first I would not believe what felt and hammer dealers would tell me.

I will ask Renner directly, as we have a friend working there.

Regards.

Isaac

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de John Delacour
> Envoyé : lundi 24 septembre 2001 01:18
> À : pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: 1 string, 2 strings, 3 strings or more
>
>
> At 23:54 21/09/01 -0500, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> >>We have found that when the scale and the soundboard are
> working together we
> >>are able to use quite soft hammers--such as those made by
> Steinway, Ronsen
> >>and Isaacs--with excellent results and with virtually no lacquer in the
> >>treble. Even these will generally require some needling through
> the tenor
> >>and (sometimes) the bass and upper tenor. We couldn't possibly
> use Japanese
> >>or German hammers. At least not as they are sold in the U.S.
> >
> >Likewise, on all counts. Rather dramatically too, I might add. This is a
> >tough sell for most of the rebuilders out here (as it was for me before I
> >assimilated a few more basic soundboard design truths than I had
> >accumulated at that point), but it's dead on in practice.
>
> Interesting.  So Steinway make their own hammers in the US.  I
> was not aware of that.  In Hamburg they use Abel's hammers (now
> covered with Laoureux felt, I have just learned from Laoureux).
> Before that they used Renner hammers, which were made by Helmut
> Abel, then working for Renner.
>
> The hammer I have had the most consistent and pleasing results
> with is the Imategawa with the unshaped walnut moulding.  These I
> obtain without impregnation and do all the boring and shaping
> myself.  Very little toning is required and what is needed is
> easy -- and more important I have never had a soft set.  I detest
> any use of dope.
>
> I'd like to try the Ronsen or Isaacs hammers.  Have you got
> addresses for them?
>
> JD
>
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