You'll get some differing advice on this.. but you might fire off a letter to Andre'. He's probably the only fellow around (outside of a few japanese) that has had 3 visits to the grand voicing department at the factory in Japan. Antares <antares@euronet.nl> A very very accomplished voicer and tone builder indeed. RicB A440A@aol.com wrote: > Greetings, > Hmm, just got a quote from Yamaha that a older (D series) C3 needing new > hammers will have to be given a new set of hammers, glued to the shanks, for > $1,100, plus shipping. This is not going to happen, since the shanks and > knuckles are still perfectly serviceable, and the last set of these things I > ordered for a CF didn't fit and I had to undo everything and shorten the shanks. > The customer is a professional and records this particular piano for movie > scores and stuff. He likes the brilliant sound and specifically said that he > didn't want "mellow" on his piano. So, who has used what in cases like this? > I would naturally lean toward the Imadegawa hammers,since I remember them > as being about the same hardness as the Yamaha stock items. > Thoughts? > Thanks, > > Ed Foote RPT > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> > MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A> > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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