David Love/Voicing tool Recommendation

[David Love]

Interestingly, the Renner blue hammers have no staple.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac OLEG SIMANOT" <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: February 16, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: David Love/Voicing tool Recommendation


> Hello Del,
>
> If I understand things correctly, the term "tensioned hammer is
appropriate
> in the fact that on the kind of stapled hammers, the voicing is done
> creating tension in the hammer while the extremity of the felt stays fixed
> by the staple (and impregnation sometime)
> By loosening the fiber the tension is displaced where we need it.
>
> The US S&S type of hammer voicing does not use the basement of the felt
for
> any sound production and the staples can be put off. This is a totally
> different approach, and the use of lacquers/ tensioning agents does not
add
> so much tension that the S&S/"tensioned hammers" needling method.
>
> SO I find the term appropriate.
>
> For people who like the sound of cold pressed hammers, they surely will
> appreciate to have their ancient hammers recovered with new felt, as ABEl,
> RENNER, and other little shop uses to do in Europe. There you never obtain
a
> rock hard hammer, the big problem is that the job must be perfectly done
if
> we want the crown to be well centered, and the felt may be first class for
> these jobs.
> Have you someone doing that in the US ?
>
> Regards
>
> Isaac OLEG
>
> XXI century concert tech
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> > de Delwin D Fandrich
> > Envoyé : samedi 16 février 2002 21:18
> > À : pianotech@ptg.org
> > Objet : Re: David Love/Voicing tool Recommendation
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: February 16, 2002 7:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: David Love/Voicing tool Recommendation
> >
> >
> > > .... There are times, however, when a tensioned hammer is
> > appropriate and
> > > I have used the Renner Blue on many occasions.
> >
> >
> > David,
> >
> > What do you mean when you say 'a tensioned hammer?' If you're referring
to
> > the relative hardness and density of the Renner Blue hammer, this does
not
> > really come from having the felt under 'tension.' These
> > characteristics are
> > more a function of the moisture content of the felt, the amount
> > of pressure
> > on the press and the heat of the side cauls. All of which tend to
> > reduce the
> > tension in the finished hammer in much the same way that ironing
> > a wool suit
> > with steam, pressure and heat take out the wrinkles and set the
> > fabric flat
> > and wrinkle free.
> >
> > I would be more inclined to call the Steinway hammer (before all of the
> > sanding and lacquering), the Ronsen hammer and the Isaacs hammer
tensioned
> > in that there is still some amount of tension in the wool fiber after
> > pressing.
> >
> > Del
> >
> >
>
>