[pianotech] Tokiwa, renner, steinway?

[William Truitt]

HI Terry:

 

I put 2 sets of the Abel Natural Felt hammers on Steinways.  The first was
a 30 year old Steinway L about a year and a half ago as I was rescuing this
much played action from the excesses of aging Teflon.  My experience was
that they needed a fair amount less needling than the Abel Encores that I
have used many times in the past.  5 to 7 sets of 3 deep needling into the
shoulders in the middle part of the piano, tapering to about 2 sets of 3 at
the top.  A second round of needling settled them down nicely after they
brightened up a bit.  Since then, some occasional voicing as I am tuning.
The second set was on a 1923 M. with similar responses to needling.  My take
is that it is a nice sounding hammer that will not "rebound" endlessly as
Renner Blues are prone to do.

 

Will Truitt

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of pianolover 88
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:26 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Tokiwa, renner, steinway?

 

Was wondering who has replaced Steinway wippens with Tokiwa Steinway-style
wippens? For those who have, I'd like to hear your review from a quality,
and especially fit standpoint. This would be for a 1961 L. I know many
prefer renner everything, but I just really wanted to get opinions of the
Tokiwa steinway-style wippens. I'm told that the renner has THREE different
size options for the SAME model & year, in order to get the most perfect
fit. Is this true?

Also, if anyone has used Abel "natural felt" hammers on a Steinway, i'd love
to get opinions on those as well. I hear that they need less voicing and no
pre-filing compared to other brands. Thanks! 

Terry Peterson
Accurate Piano Service
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