<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Dale,</DIV> <DIV>I just measured the D hammers I installed recently, comparing it to = the Abels with mahogany molding which were on, and they were both 4 gms. = However the Wurzen felt is considerably more dense than the Abel felt. So with a = more dense felt and a light molding, touchweight remained the same.</DIV> <DIV>I agree with you about the 1/2 gm. difference...it all adds up in = your favor.</DIV> <DIV>Tom Servinsky</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <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> Friday, July 16, 2004 = 10:36 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Renner Blues and = Ronsen Wurzen</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>    T<FONT size=3>hat''s right Tom the Maple is = ligther. After weighing a few sets against the sapele they average about 1/2 = gram lighter per hammer. Hey 1/2 gram is a 1/2 gram when you're trying to = make weight.Right?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2>Ray Negron at Ronsen Hammers, a great guy to do business with.  If = you do<BR>make the order may I suggest asking for the soft white maple = core instead of<BR>the mahogany core. It's a tad lighter and will help = with touch weight.<BR>Also since they do all of the production at their = facility you can specify<BR>for a longer tail ( Steinway in particular) if = needed.<BR>Tom Servinsky<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Bec and John" <bjsilva001@comcast.net><BR>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:15 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Renner Blues and Ronsen Wurzen<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>