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<DIV><SPAN class=433254919-11102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>So
please allow me to confirm my understanding of this. =
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<LI><SPAN class=433254919-11102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>There
are several (at least two) grades of Wurzen felt. These include =
"regular",
which has itself varied in quality over the past 14 years, and the =
recent "AA"
Wurzen felt, which is so beautiful that Andre's visual cortex is =
reminded
of delicious foodstuffs.</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=433254919-11102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>The
manner of hammer manufacture -- how it is pressed and what shape it is =
pressed
into -- also come into play here. Ronsen and Renner use different =
processes?
Do other manufacturers also use Wurzen felt?</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=433254919-11102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Therefore there may logically be at least 4 permutations of =
Wurzen
hammers, perhaps more, and we will need to be aware of exactly what we =
are
using and why.</FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
<DIV><SPAN class=433254919-11102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Am I
off base here?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jason Kanter . piano tuning regulation
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>antares<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, October 11, 2004 12:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: Wurzen felt<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><BR>On 11-okt-04, at 3:52, David =
Love
wrote:<BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param =
0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>One
thing I’ve noticed, which seems somewhat contrary to how Andre =
described the
felt, is that the Wurzen he talked about supposedly had this sort of
yellowish, off white color. The Premium Blue doesn’t seem to =
have
that—at least the one set that I have in stock. Are there =
possibly
different grades of Wurzen? The felt that Ray at Ronsen is using =
has a
somewhat different color than the Premium Blue and the pressing is =
also a
different shape—more small-end-of-the-egg like (which I prefer) and =
less
round. I also find the Premium Blue a difficult hammer to file.
While I only have one set of Ronsen Wurzens which I’ve only =
experimented
with, I haven’t found the same filing =
problem. <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR><BR>David
Love,<BR>There is basically the so called 'regular; Wurzen, which has =
been
developed over the last 14 years.<BR>In the beginning of this =
development,
this felt was kind of coarse looking, like the VFG felt Abel =
uses.<BR>Then,
about 5 years ago, it was bingo time because the Wurzen felt had =
become more
mature and was actually really good.<BR>There were of course some =
minor
points, like some sections being a little hard or a little soft, but =
that is a
matter of controlling the pressure, needed to glue the =
hammers.<BR>Today,
those very same (Renner) hammers are far more consistent in their =
overall
pressure because of the (Renner) machine I was talking about.<BR>Then, =
not
long ago, there suddenly was the Wurzen AA quality. This felt has been =
far
more 'interlocked' and likewise is a little more dense.<BR>It also =
looks
different because one should compare it with the difference between a =
real
nice shawl and a real Kashmir shawl.<BR>It not only looks different, =
it feels
different and sounds different too.<BR>The regular quality looks like =
fine
felt and slightly yellowish, the AA quality looks more creamy, like =
nice
looking whipped cream or like the cream on a fantastic real Italian =
'Capucci'
.<BR><BR>I enclose again that nice pic of our first Bechstein =
prototype
because that felt makes you wanna eat it :<BR>I hope sending this pic =
does not
create a problem.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>