>As far as pillows instead of hammers are concerned. I would just love to see >one of these instruments that Del and Ron talk about, and view first hand >the installation process of said hammers from the moment they get unpacked >til the final touch of tone building is accomplished. I used a set of >Ronsens that I got handed down from my brother once some years back. They >went phoooofff when they hit the strings. And boy do I mean Phhhoooofff. But >upon a few applications of lacquer they actually sounded very nice. Watching the hammers being installed wouldn't teach you a thing because there's nothing fundamentally different in the hammer installation process except not drowning the poor things in lacquer. The difference is in the soundboard. Ron N
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC