<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>I work on  many Kawai pianos, most of them 5 years old or less.&nb= sp; Many of them are RX series pianos.  I like the soft voice they have whe= n new.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Though the hammers are heat pressed, they are voiced down quite a bit a= t the factory.  However, after a few years (or less, depending on the player), they become hard and brittle sounding.  They can be voiced aga= in and again, but when they need replacement--which will be soon on at least on= e of them--I was considering the possibility of the Ronsen AA Wurzen felt hammers.  It seems logical to me, based on what I've heard of= these hammers and based on the sounds I like to hear coming from RX series grands.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anybody tried these or alternative hammers on Kawai grands?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Am I way off the mark?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Are the Shigeru hammers cold pressed, and might they not be a good--and= probably expensive--replacement also?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just wondering,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>