On 9-mei-04, at 15:49, Richard Brekne wrote: > Dont know of any recording available yet... but if we do any > recordings on our C I will post a link. Perhaps Andre can be of more > help here ? > Well, that's an easy one... Steinway Hamburg immediately changed its hammer felt as soon as the Wurzen felt became available again. The quality of the Wurzen felt has improved over the years, so any recording of a Steinway say after 1995 is a reasonable example of good Wurzen quality. The same applies to Bösendorfers, the late Bechsteins and the Yamaha CFFIII-S. I remember for instance this Sunday I spent in the company of the boss of Yamaha Hamburg. Mr. Lüdemann, and a Mr. Y. Suzuki, a fine Japanese Yamaha gentleman. He, Mr. Suzuki, had taken us for a ride into the mountains in back of Hamamatsu and I had the chance to speak to both of them about my latest discovery : the Wurzen felt (this was in the early 90's). Mr. Lüdemann laughed heartily and told me to come to Hamburg where he would show me the first Yamaha CFIII-S actions with Wurzen hammers. It shows that both he and I and of course others we all on the same track : we had discovered the coming into existence of the brilliant felt of the past and we were so very enthusiastic about it because it WAS just fantastic what had happened. We 're talking here about the majestic and clear sound of the beautiful European concert instruments and we are talking about the great sound Richard Brekne spoke of when he described the arrival of the very first Yamaha CFIII-S in Bergen, Norway. On thing though... no recording exists yet of the latest quality Wurzen. There are only just a few technicians in the World using this finest quality and we will have to wait for the recordings. Furthermore, I would like to add this : As I have said before, we can all get these gorgeous hammers. We don't have to sit idle and wait till doomsday just because we live in Mogolon or something... If we are really out for any improvement then there are way already. Ray Negron indeed now sells some of his hammers with this high quality felt so all you have to do is contact him or Dale Erwin, who will gladly tell you about it. And to get the better Renner hammers you have to go through the official Renner channels but I am sure that all can be arranged too. Do I need to say more? Y' all have a good day now............ (; >)) friendly greetings from André Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be"
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