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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dale!!!! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now you've gotten me all excited! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll have to go and find a piano that needs new
hammers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:40 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> The all new Weickert felt hammer by
Ronsen</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV> <STRONG><EM><FONT size=3> I wanted to announce
this exciting bit of news here first.<BR> Sincerely<BR> Dale
Erwin</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR>
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face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT size=5><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><U> Ronsen Piano Hammer Company
announces<BR></U> <U>the New Weickert felt limited edition
piano hammer</U>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" color=#000000>
<BR> Exclusively produced in
America by the Ronsen Hammer Co.<BR><BR> </FONT><STRONG><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3>The Wurzen felt company
of Germany has just reintroduced the legendary Weickert felt. This felt
was prized by hammer piano makers for its resilience & tonal
versatility.<BR> Weickert felt was in use by many
famous makers for nearly 90 years before WW-II forced the plant to be
shut down. All old N.Y. Steinways as well as many other American and
European companies used this felt. <BR> When the Berlin Wall
came down, the Jack Brand family of Canada purchased the facility and in
1992 began felt production with all the original equipment and felt
making formulas still intact! Wurzen makes a host of piano felts for the
industry and its products are marketed and
used worldwide.<BR> </FONT></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><BR><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT size=3>
Now the Famous Weickert felt piano hammer has been recreated. It is a
dense,springy felt that provides a rich palette of tonal coloration to the
musician and technician.<BR> <U>Ronsen-made Weickert felt
hammers</U> elicit enormous sustain and tonal clarity from the very
first moment - and these attributes are present without
pre-needling. A simple probing of these hammers with a single
#6 needle reveals a wonderful dense feel, and the needles go all the way in
with a beautiful feel of velvety compliance.<BR><BR> The
Weikert-style felt by Wurzen utilizes a special proprietary blend of
wools as did the original formulas.<BR> The reduction of protocols
known to damage felt fibers in production, such as over-bleaching, pressing,
ironing and sanding have all been reduced or in large part
eliminated, leaving an absolutely beautiful organic hammer. The felt even
smells alive!<BR></FONT><FONT size=3> The Weickert felt's
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" color=#000000>density, elasticity and
strength are left intact and are the vital and necessary ally of
discriminating voicing
technicians.<BR> Weickert felt, combined with the
time-tested traditional hammer-making protocols of Ronsen's Ray
Negron, has now produced one of the finest piano hammers ever
available.<BR> Available October 23 thd. Order now</FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" color=#000000>.<BR><BR>
</FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><U>Priced at
$330.00 for 16 lb. felt<BR><BR></U> <U>Priced at $315 for the
14 lb. felt</U><BR><BR> </FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><U>Introductory price of
$299.00 <BR></U> </FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><U>Boring extra<BR></U> For
purchases, services, molding and other felt options call Dale Erwin, Ronsen's
new West Coast supplier, at Erwin Piano Restoration
at 209-577-8397 Pacific West coast time. For voicing and technical
support, call either Dale or Ray Negron at Ronsen at 1-800-864-0233 East
Coast time.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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