<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Dave, Dale, List,</DIV> <DIV>   I'm glad you guys finally hooked up with Ron to supply you with a product to suit your needs. I've read the posts over the years concerning the "famous maker hammer" and it's restrictions/fallbacks and read of the "brick walls" that you all were up against when speaking to the production/parts department of the same company. Just goes to show that people can be very clever and adaptive when trying to improve their product/service. High quality parts and materials are getting hard to come by these days.   Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael A. Morvan<BR>Blackstone Valley Piano<BR>76 Sutton Street<BR>Uxbridge, Ma 01569<BR>(508) 278-9762<BR><A href="mailto:keymaestro@verizon.net">keymaestro@verizon.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.pianoandorgankeys.com">www.pianoandorgankeys.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 28, 2007 9:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: A trip to Ronsen Hammer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <EM><STRONG>Beautiful, David</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>    Also the choice of light weight maple, Sapele (mahogany) or hard maple moldings gives us more  weight choices.  Interestingly Ray & I have talked about one hammer doesn't fit all & he gets that.  He is quite clear  about  other makes hammers work better in some systems.  </STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>   That being said it's amazing to me how many pianos his various types of hammers work</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG> <U><FONT size=3>really well</FONT> in.  </U></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> We are fortunate to have him  as an ally in the technical community.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> I bought & reserved a sheet of Gorgeous 18 lb Bacon felt while I was there. Beautiful stuff.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> I know I'm a wild man</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For those who don’t believe in a “one hammer fits all” philosophy (I include myself in that group), Ronsen is the only hammer producer that I am aware of who is making hammers with significant variable weights and densities.  Between the Bacon, Wurzen and now the recent venture into the low density Wurzen (which offers a nice middle ground) you can be assured of finding a hammer which satisfies your custom needs based on the requirements dictated by different string scales and matching soundboard design and/or condition.<U>  Bravo to Ray for being an open ear to technicians who have long sought for this type of custom hammer production!</U>         </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>