As some may recall I reporting that we were doing a modest face lift to a 1976 Mason Hamlin BB. The dreaded Aeolian years. We applied two new top sections of bridge cap and rehabbed the pins in the rest of the bridge. We replaced Shanks and installed the New Ronsen Weicker felted hammers. The piano is done and the tonal results are very pleasing. The teacher in charge of getting it done is very talented young man with good repertoire and he was greatly impressed with the dynamics power and clarity. The final voicing protocol other than careful strike weight prep and filing was embarrassingly easy for the result. In the bass I added some 12 to 1 lac acetone to the mono-chords only for a bit more initial boost and four drops on the strike point from note 9 thru 21. The tenor was three drops on the top of each up to f-3 and nada, zip, nothing from there to the top. Not exazctly filling the hammer with lacquer eh? No needling at all. Impossible? I could not ask for better result and with minimul efforts. I've always considered that the Mason Piano needed a fairly stiff hammer and these were dense for sure but needles are no problem but presently it needs nothing. After some play in time I'll post back with a further review. I've just recieved another identical set & they have the same density, shape and weight as the first set. Kudos to our hammer head ally...Ray. It occurs to me that some may weary of the hammer felt news, but then that's what the list is for and also what the delete button is for. I hope no one is snoring You have my open invitation If you are in the area to stop by and enjoy the sound for your self! Kindest regards Dale Erwin WWW.Erwinspiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091215/df253fd4/attachment-0001.htm>
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