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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A 30 year old G2 or 3 I re-hammered some years back
with Ronson's Wurtzen felt did indeed respond with a great un-Yamaha sound, much
more old school American sounding, and I liked it, a kind of high bred. One
thing I had trouble with was hammer weight, even though the Yamaha hammers were
dimensionally larger, they were much lighter. I used a light molding on these
hammers & did some aggressive machining, but they were still heavy. I'm sure
this contributed to the sound that I liked, but it gave me inertia problems in
the key with the additional lead I added, every thing is a trade off, but this
is something to be considered. Obviously there are other things that could
be addressed such as whip assist spring tension and action geometry,
one thing leads to another.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT> </DIV>
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<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> Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:23 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing Help</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR><BR> Julia<BR> I have never understood the
Yamaha hammer design philosophy. They come back to the place you've described
frequently. even with my best job of voicing I can not get the tone I want or
the tone to last with a majority of OEM hammers.<BR> So many good
low compression hammers works so well in these pianos. The Ronsen is a
good one with 3 felts to choose from. I'd go Bacon or VFG felt. The Wurzen
felt can be a bit stiff in these pianos. I find the piano in general can
develop more tonal potential & dynamics & a more enjoyable tone
overall with replacement hammers. Others may disagree....I'm ok with
that.<BR> Dale Erwin<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> I usually shallow needle
my Yami's U3 hammers after tuning to take off the "glassy" edge. However,
after 10+ years of playing on this piano (This is my personal piano),
sugar-coating ain't cutting it anymore. The hammers sound
ear-piercing. I side needled the area just in front of the wood
core, but this only alleviated the ear piercing sound a little. These
hammers were <EM>packed ha</EM>rd too! Is
Yamaha hammer quality the problem? What am I doing wrong? ...or
aren't I needling enough? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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