Hammer shape - Steinway (Hamburg)

[antares@euronet.nl]

On vrijdag, jun 6, 2003, at 06:54 Europe/Amsterdam, David Love wrote:

> I second those questions.  The shape on these hammers seems much more
> "pointed" than you typically see on a Renner hammer.  Moreover, the 
> shape
> is in stark contrast to the shape of a Renner Blue, which is much more
> rounded.  The felt also appears to have a different texture than a 
> Renner
> Blue.  We have discussed recently whether or not the Renner Blue is a
> Wurzen felt hammer, I wonder now.  I would be curious where these 
> hammer
> were purchased from:  Directly from Renner?  The suggestion from the
> original post is that they were new hammers put on an older piano.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>

Well David,
that is my whole point in earlier letters to the list.
These hammers are made by Renner with Wurzen felt and these type of 
hammers are bought by Steinway Hamburg nowadays.
I have, up to now, understood that these hammers are not for sale in 
the US of A as they are not on the L. Meyer list of goodies.
That is too bad because these are the number one  hammers in the world 
and apparently very few people know about them, which is a real shame.
As I said before : I certainly don't want to have anything to do with 
the American (nor could I) but this forum is a free place where piano 
technical issues are being discussed and I think you guys should demand 
a better quality then the Renner Blue stuff which you can never compare 
with these Steinway hammers shown on Isaac's pictures.
Their are two qualities in Wurzen (a third and even better one is 
underway) : one for uprights (a lesser one) and one for grands (the 
best one).
Anyway, ask Isaac about these hammers, ask him his opinion about how 
they sound, how they voice and especially how little one has to voice 
them.
The Wurzen/Renner grand hammers are at this moment superb and that is 
the only reason why only major factories like Steinway, Bösendorfer, 
Bechstein, Yamaha and Schimmel buy these hammers.
Because Claus fenner (a well known {here in Europe} German designer) 
designed scales for Samick, even all the newer and more expensive 
Samicks have Wurzen felt.
Do I need to say more?

Antares,
The Netherlands

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