On the other hand, I used SW "B" hammers on my C-7. I didn't lacquer them nearly as much, the tone was fabulous. Again, the gram weight and dimensions were close, except for the tails. I ordered the tails un-shaped and uncut from SW. A bit more work, but well worth the effort. Required far fewer voicings. Patrick Message: 12 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:42:17 -0700 From: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com> Subject: Re: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Message-ID: <F17D7B851E7D45549C78AEE5B3312AF4 at murrayb76fc788> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I tried the opposite, Ronson with Wurzen felt on a Grey market late 60's Yamaha G2. I was very happy with the tone, but the Ronson's I used were much heavier than the Yamaha hammers they replaced. This created some balance weight issues that ended up compromising the feel of the action once additional lead was added to the key. Still, it was a interesting experiment to hear the Yamaha with the heavier Ronson's. Assist springs probably would have helped, I don't think action ratio could have been lowered much. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: David Love To: 'Pianotech List' Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: RE: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig Now that's a first for me. I wouldn't expect you would need lacquer on a Yamaha hammer. The recent iterations supposedly use Wurzen felt but I have to admit they would be a bit hard for my taste on that particular piano. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of cclpianos at aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:00 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: New Steinway Hammers was---hammer thickness trimming jig Having just read the blurb on the Steinway hammers: I have used Yamaha hammers on my Steinway "O" and loved the results. I have never lacquered them. They are a bit pricey but are nearly identical in gram weight and physical dimensions. I did this after meeting a recording studio engineer from LA, whose piano had the modification. Patrick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080903/23cab93c/attachment.html
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