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<DIV><SPAN class=328572318-26012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Quentin</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=328572318-26012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I pressume it was.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328572318-26012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>My
understanding is that people from Asia have different taste =
for sound
at less in the pass. (nothing new here) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328572318-26012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Now
base on some Yamaha and Shigeru l touche recently the sound is =
much
warmer </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=328572318-26012006><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>than 15 years ago.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=328572318-26012006>Other consideration is </SPAN><SPAN
class=328572318-26012006><FONT>for a very humide climate if you like =
bright
sound, you will need a firmer brighter hammer otherwise the =
humidity will
affect the felt to much and the sound will be dull with time.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=328572318-26012006>Serge Harel</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=328572318-26012006>Piano hammer =
maker</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la =
part
de</B> Quentin Codevelle<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 26 janvier 2006
13:05<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> Louis =
Renner hammer
heads on grey market.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Serge wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Renner and Abel make about 35000 of hammer head each every years. =
If
you<BR>are willing to order a lot of units they can do any thing you =
want
on<BR>yours own specification and quality. At the lowest price
possible...=20<BR>and do not forget that those pianos was not =
suppose to be
sold outside<BR>of Japan and this was probability a part of the
agreement.=20<BR>=20<BR>=20<BR>Serge Harel<BR>Piano hammer =
maker<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Serge,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not work on these pianos =
anymore, it was
just an answer that raised into my mind as I was looking at the sides =
of a new
Renner hammer set labelled "Louis Renner Stuttgart".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So according to what you say, these =
pianos are
equipped with hammers made for the japanese market...</FONT></DIV>
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