Steven ??Marinelli told me that the?Abel Selects from Piano-tek have been discontinued. I bought the last two sets from him. They were a good choice for certain soundboard systems. However one set was incredibly bright & pingy and required? much voicing to get them under control and I am concerned about the rebounding effect.??From what you say it is MHO this is not what your client needs. ?? I just opened 4 sets of the Ronsen Weickert hammers and subjected them to some initial testing. I use a no. 6 needle inserted in various areas of the hammer to test for density,stiffness & resilience. ?I? also have a device some of you have seen called the Erwin -Davis flex-o-meter. Which is a hand held press which can squeeze/flex the hammer?so a?visual inspection of hammer squash/felt movement can be observed. These hammers are strong yet?flexible. This type of strong flexing movement is responible for the?powerful?sustain the testers are experiencing. ? The feel of the needle is firm,But they go all the way in. The trebles are?nicely dense?for clear and solid tone production & should produce a powerful sound with a minimum of needles if any.?? ? Ray,Jack & I have been working to produce the felt/hammers so it require only light to no needling?in order to ?get the desired result. You Know? The perfect hammer. lol ?Ray just recieved 6 more sheets & we?Wurzen/Jack has?tweaked the bass to get it where we want it.? Dense. ? ?The felt smells alive & the feel is like silk. We cut open some hammers & they demonstate a lot of?tension.? ??I've been?testing every set here & compiling? data as each testor weighs in. SO far it's all very enthusiastic. ? The latest is Star Taylor with C-7. He loved it. I'll ask him to post. Starr? ?I'll have more soon. ? I?would recommend the 16 lb for the Big Baldwin. Renner Shanks is a great choice...of course ? Dale Erwin ? ?I second the hammer selection?and definitely Renner Shanks. ? Al G From: David Love Subject: Re: [pianotech] New Baldwin Hammers Depends on the tonal goal.? I would opt for either a set of the new Ronsen Weikert felt hammers or a set of Abel Select (new series) that Pianotek is selling.? The Abels will be a bit firmer.?? Renner for shanks.? Be prepared to reassess the action leverage. ? ? Hello,? ? Does anyone have a suggestion for a full set of hammers, shanks, and knuckles for a Baldwin 7' grand built in 1982.? Baldwin/Gibson gave me?some information for contacts to answer my question but lets just say no one is calling back.? Thanks for the help. ? Steven Hopp PianoWorks Studio 600 Liddon #64 Midland, TX. 79705 hoppsmusic at hotmail.com Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. Sign up today. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081120/9ef79bf8/attachment-0001.html>
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