S&S replacing Hammer Assemblies with new

[Richard Brekne]

I have a set of Ronsens I've been holding on to for some years. Not the
prettiest looking hammers I've seen raw out of the box, but I've seen
these same installed,nicely tapered and shaped. I can back up Dale on
this.

But Andre' is right in saying most hammers wont do at all, certainly
nothing readily available in Europe.

Preserving origional intent is not always an easy task.

RicB

> Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:
> 
>         Andre
>    I agree with the reasoning of what youre' saying but The Ronsen
> hammer on mahogony moldings can be tapered,arced & coved to be
> esentially the same weight as the original Steinway hammers. I've done
> it many times & the sound is good.
>      In fact Ray Negron at Ronsen said recently that John Patton of
> Steinway said that Ray's hammers are as close to the originals as any
> thing made today both in weight & density. Quite a compliment. I use
> primarily his hammer that uses the felt he buys from Abel.
>    Regard--Dale
> 
>   
>      André Oorebeek