<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Dale</div> <div> </div> <div>Sorry Dale but Ray is just the only one in USA not on the PLANET. </div> <div>The majority of the hammer head from China are hand screw press.</div> <div>And there is a French maker in Paris: Desfougere that use hand presses</div> <div>And I'm the only one to use the real Alfred Dolge presses</div> <div> </div> <div>I do agree with all you said about the felt and how to press it and Ray do good jog for sure.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Serge Harel</div> <div>Canada</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/15 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> David L. David A.<br>  I thank you for this post. Ray is the only guy on the planet providing hammers commercially using the hand screw press. It is this fact, which allows for his artisan approach to hammer making., that and 40 years of experience and dedication. Truly impressive. He'd be blushing to hear me go on. He deserves it.<br>  As Will Truit said hammers and felt vary, it's the real world, get over it. Felt making is absolutely an art form and yet densities in a felt sheet can vary from sheet to sheet. The beauty of the Dolge screw press is that the operator can feel how much pressure each uniquely made strip of felt requires to achieve a narrow spectrum of density in the final product. This so important because hydraulic presses can literally squash the life out of felt especially when coupled with too much heat. Rays hands can feel this pressure. I've been there I've turned the screws. It's an acquired skill to be sure. Hey it keeps him in shape.<br>   <br>  Dale Erwin</font> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br> <div> <div> <div><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yes it is.  And I hope people appreciate Ray and what he is doing delivering a custom made hammer and responding to the needs and input from the techs.  Not to diminish the commitments of the other suppliers like Abel and Renner who deliver a very high quality product but it tends to be more of a one style fits all approach.  Ray is really trying to respond to the variety of tonal requirements that are part of our daily bread.  There isn't anyone else doing this with hammers right now and he should be applauded and supported!  </span></font></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">David</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> Love</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><br> <a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net" target="_blank">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a><br><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></font><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. I guess that's the beauty of dealing with a custom artisan like Ray Negron at Ronsen---he can do it for us.</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DA</span></font></div></div> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></div></div></div> <div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>phone 514-750-4522<br>cel 514-569-4414<br><br>Piano Perfecto<br>5932 rue Viau<br>Montreal Qc Canada H1T 2Y4<br><br>Piano Shop <br>17 Ronald Drive<br> Montreal West, Qc<br>Canada H4X 1M9 <br><br><br><br></div>