I thought so, because they come from Renner. But I was not sure because, as I said, I am not familiar with the American hammer market. friendly greetings from Antares, Amsterdam, Holland "where music is, no harm can be" visit my website at : http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/ > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:05:18 -0700 > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: hammers > > Renner blues do use Wurzen felt, according to Lloyd Meyer. > > David Love > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Erwinspiano@AOL.COM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Sent: July 04, 2002 1:10 PM > Subject: Re: hammers > > > In a message dated 7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > antares@EURONET.NL writes: > > > > Subj:Re: hammers > Date:7/4/2002 9:19:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From:antares@EURONET.NL > Reply-to:pianotech@ptg.org > To:pianotech@ptg.org > Sent from the Internet > > Greetings Antares > > very interesting post! > > > Your post on this wonderful felt are recieved with open ears. Sounds like a > voicers dream. This hammer and felt must be a different animal than what is in > the American Renner blues for I have not cared for that sound no matter 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/ or > the felt your referring to. > I've heard rumors of this type felt before. The info sounds vaguely like the > Russians ate this rare variety of sheep story when they invaded and that's why > mysterious wunder felt isn't available to us now. I don't mean to be cynical > but really I've heard this story before and wondered about the truth of it. > I do however think that this type of felt when it did or does exist has been > described to me as kashmir which I think would be ideal. I'd like to order > some and have it pressed up at Ronsen. > I would find it refreshing if Yamaha and others really had such a felt and > were able to process it without making them too hard to needle. I appreciate > this post and any hard addresses or numbers would be appreciated by us all. > Best >>>> Dale Erwin>>>>> > > > > 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. > Allow me furthermore explain about the Wurzen felt : This was the beautiful > felt way in the past, before Russia invaded the East of germany. You see, 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 great > factories like Schiedmayer, Blüthner, Steinway Hamburg, Bechstein, > Bösendorfer etc. used to buy this particular felt. One can distinguish it by > looking at the sides :if you move the hammer a bit you can see the grain of > 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. > > 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 I > have the experience and after 5 minutes know have aquainted myself with the > 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, Bösendorfer, Bechstein and Yamaha also chose for this felt at 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 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 Months > 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. > > 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. > > > friendly greetings > from > > Antares, > > Amsterdam, Holland > > "where music is, no harm can be" > > visit my website at : http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/ > > > > >
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