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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was thinking of that wiry sound and generally in those cases I prefer to go softer to try and minimize, well, what you hear. Disconnecting the action totally seems too extreme, though tempting. I don’t know this model off hand but still with the small uprights I prefer them a bit darker. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Originally I was thinking grand piano where the tensions are a bit higher and often that piano will want for something a bit firmer, assuming reasonable soundboard health. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry Farrell<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Fwd: Ronsen Hammers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just curious how that would change your opinion David. It's actually not a Hamilton - very similar though - a model 4021. Looks to be a couple inches shorter than the Hamilton. It has the full-size action of the studio upright, but shorter height. It has the keys that you sometimes see on a short console where the capstans are on a separate piece of wood glued to the underside of the main portion of the key.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>IMHO, they sound much the same as the Hamilton - lots of obnoxious whining.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:20 PM, David Love wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh, was it a Hamilton? Missed that. That might change my opinion. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Dale Erwin<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:45 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[pianotech] Fwd: Ronsen Hammers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_0a871537-54d3-4906-8d7c-a707c2e28df9"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>David has it right here.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br> Samples for the piano and the acoustic environment are always a safe bet. What A Baldwin Hamilton DOES NOT NEED is a stiffer hammer but less stiff. Not soft but not overly stiff. My goal; would be to render mute the obnoxious whining from the funky string scaling.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:mediumblue'>Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Ronsen piano hammers</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:darkgreen'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:crimson'>Phone: 209-577-8397</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>