---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20 antares@EURONET.NL writes: > Subj:Re: hammers=20 > Date:7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From:<A HREF=3D"mailto:antares@EURONET.NL">antares@EURONET.NL</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To:<A HREF=3D"mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet=20 >=20 > Greetings Antares > =20 > very interesting post! Your post on this wonderful felt are recieved with open ears. Sounds like= =20 a voicers dream. This hammer and felt must be a different animal than what i= s=20 in the American Renner blues for I have not cared for that sound no matter=20 how well voiced. Flame suit on and Just My biased opinion. I would love to have a resource address and phone number for the hammers/=20 or the felt your referring to. I've heard rumors of this type felt before. The info sounds vaguely like=20 the Russians ate this rare variety of sheep story when they invaded and=20 that's why mysterious wunder felt isn't available to us now. I don't mean=20 to be cynical but really I've heard this story before and wondered about the= =20 truth of it. I do however think that this type of felt when it did or does exist has=20 been described to me as kashmir which I think would be ideal. I'd like to=20 order some and have it pressed up at Ronsen. I would find it refreshing if Yamaha and others really had such a felt and= =20 were able to process it without making them too hard to needle. I appreciate= =20 this post and any hard addresses or numbers would be appreciated by us all. Best >>>> Dale Erwin>>>>> >=20 > Let me try to make clear one thing about the Renners with Wurzen felt from > Europe : > It is possible to ask for a not so hard hammer so that voicing them is a > piece of cake.=20 > Allow me furthermore explain about the Wurzen felt : This was the beautifu= l > felt way in the past, before Russia invaded the East of germany. You see,=20 > in > the East of germany there is this small place called Wurzen and that is > where they make this felt. The conditions for making felt have always been > superb there, amongst others because of the water, that's why all the grea= t > factories like Schiedmayer, Bl=FCthner, Steinway Hamburg, Bechstein, > B=F6sendorfer etc. used to buy this particular felt. One can distinguish i= t=20 > by > looking at the sides :if you move the hammer a bit you can see the grain o= f > the felt and it reminds me of very expensive Kashmir shawls, and that is > actually what we see : condensed Kashmir wool. > The wool fibers come from the best wool in the world and the makers of the > felt have experience based on more than a century of felt making. >=20 > I have voiced very many piano's. As a matter of fact, it is my daily > activity. It is the most difficult part of creating a beautiful tone and > that is why I have invested so much time in learning this process. > On the one hand I - every time again - fear the job because it is always a > crucial moment and I always hope that the hammers are not too hard, on the > other hand, because I am on edge I usually bring it to a good end because=20= I > have the experience and after 5 minutes know have aquainted myself with th= e > new hammers and know my course. > For a voicing technician, the intoneur, it is crucial to not have too hard > hammers, as it spoils the pleasure. > For that reason I have also invested very much time, energy and miles to > find out where in Europe I could find the nicest hammer felt. > When I finally found it, it gave me much pleasure and assurance that I was > not the only one deciding for this felt : as I have explained before, most > Steinway, B=F6sendorfer, Bechstein and Yamaha also chose for this felt at=20= the > same time and Yamaha makes the CFIII-S hammers in such a way that it even > takes time for the hammers to find their balance and become tough and hard= . > The latest Yamaha concert hammers are the easiest ones of them all because > the (Wurzen) felt is nice, soft and gentle. > Nowadays even Samick (in Incheon) buys Wurzen felt from Germany and they=20 > now > make their hammers themselves in Korea. > Steinway Hamburg chooses for a somewhat harder pressing which gives the > instruments a more brilliant tone from the beginning but after a few Month= s > of professional playing we start all over again, which (at least here in > Europe) is a normal process and pretty nice for my bank account. >=20 > With this story I DON'T mean to tell anybody that this is THE ONLY felt in > the world.......hey! on the contrary!.... I have no knowledge of the > American felt makers and have no opinion about it either. >=20 >=20 > friendly greetings > from >=20 > Antares, >=20 > Amsterdam, Holland >=20 > "where music is, no harm can be" >=20 > visit my website at : http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/ >=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6e/2e/8c/8a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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