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<DIV>In a message dated 7/15/2004 7:05:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, Erwinspi=
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<DIV>HI Phil</DIV>
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Have you used the Ronsens with the Bacon
felt? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> <STRONG>>>> Yes, I have but not usually & I
agree that there is a difference but not that much. I have a set in m=
y
Mason AA & it is very nice. My sister has the identical piano as in on=
e
serial no. different & I put the VFG felt in hers. Just slightly more
bite. Yes is a different sound & viva la difference but Not Soft soft.=
I
think on problem is that Bacon has had a history of inconsistency &a=
mp;
is the likely reason all the Steinway hammers are now the American felt
CO felt. Which for Steinways is my personal favorite.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> Being that Ray presses everything the same way t=
he
differences in this case is the internal properties or fractions as Stephe=
n
Birkett pointed out. of the type of felt used.</STRONG></DIV>
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e=2>I
haven't used a <BR>set in a couple of years, so maybe they're different
now. But the last <BR>ones I used were, to me, very similar to
Steinway hammers, which I consider <BR>to be quite soft. The last =
set
of NY Steinway hammers that I worked with, <BR>which I bought towards th=
e
end of last year, were about the softest hammers <BR>I've ever worked
with. Little more than marshmallows.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><STRONG> >>> You should have sent them back. When ther=
e
good they are quite good and the tone is hard to equal with other makes bu=
t
when ther bad ughh!!!</STRONG></DIV>
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I don't know when <BR>the harder pressing that you refer to started
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<DIV> <STRONG>>>Me either but the few sets I use show a differ=
ence
currently.</STRONG></DIV>
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e=2>I have
a set of <BR>hammers that I ordered for the C about 2 months ago.
We'll see how they <BR>are. And we'll see if the set after that is=
similar (which would be a <BR>first for Steinway). Renner at 7 sou=
nds
OK. Ronsen Wurzen at 5 sounds OK <BR>(don't agree about the Bacon =
felt
though, unless things have <BR>changed). Don't agree about the
Steinway being 4.5 unless things have <BR>changed dramatically
recently.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> <STRONG>... we'll see</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> Dale</STRONG></DIV>
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y is
making the Ronsen hammers with the <BR>different felts to be different i=
n
hardness and performance, so that we <BR>have some range of choice about=
what to use for what piano.<BR> I agree=
that over the last few years the spectrum of hammer hardness<BR>seems to=
have narrowed, which I don't think is a bad thing, since the hammers<BR>=
at
both ends of the spectrum were, to me, essentially
unusable.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><STRONG> me too</STRONG></DIV>
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size=2><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Phil</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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