Heavily played newish Mason gets "strident" too quickly...

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 23:58:56 -0800


Dude...?   Do you really talk like that?   Ridgemont High was like 30 years ago....

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: David Andersen <bigda@gte.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:49:14 -0800
Subject: Re: Heavily played newish  Mason gets "strident" too quickly...

>> David,
>> 
>> Really...how many sets of Renner Blues have you filed?
>> You find they file just like any other hammer?   Not what I find.   There are
>> no clear layers of felt.
>> Ugly looking beasts.   I remember Chris Robinson talking about actually using
>> a belt sander to
>> try to clean up the hammers....
>> 
>> 
>> David I.


>Dude. You have an attitude. Dude. <g>

>I've filed many, many sets of Renner hammers.

>I don't find any problems.

>However, let's remember Big Dave's Immutable Law #1:
>Every head a planet.  So, your perceptions may vary.

>They may be "ugly looking beasts" to you but they're the choice of some of
>the best manufacturers and rebuilders in the world, so....

>You may have heard Chris Robinson talk about some particularly hard set of
>hammers, or some older stuff; but for the past 8 years or so, with one
>notable recent exception, I've been generally very happy with their
>consistency and voiceability. I have many sets in high-use situations; they
>perform very, very well; very stable and creamy once you get them right.  

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