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<DIV><SPAN class=261204822-10102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Where
did anyone get the idea that "Most Americans do not like these =
(Renner)
hammers"? I think the only thing anyone does not like about =
Renners
is their cost. Every one of the finest technicians I have known =
used
Renners. I have used them for over ten years. I do not find =
them to
be too hard. If one piano sounds too loud they may easily be =
voiced
down. I prefer the old style sound from pianos I restore from the =
teens
and twenties. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=261204822-10102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The
new Yamaha or even new Steinway sound sets my teeth on edge like =
fingernails on
the blackboard. Renners are exactly what I am looking =
for. I
have only had one or two in those years of Renner hammers that were in =
need of
voicing down. What I like about them is I don't have to voice them =
up, but
only need to even them out. I have many happy customers who agree =
with me
and they are some of the finest musicians anywhere.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=261204822-10102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=261204822-10102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>If you
want stone hard hammers, check out imadegawa or other cheaper Asian
hammers. I had one customer who called me up a month after getting =
his
piano back from my competition. He was literally in tears. =
The piano
had no character in its tone and was excruciatingly LOUD. It could =
not
even play soft if you tried. He had asked for Renner and was told =
" You
will love it when I get done" I replaced those brand new rock =
hammers with
Renners and he then loved it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=261204822-10102004>Another customer spent $17,000. for a =
restoration of
his Mason Hamlin and when he requested Renner hammers was charged an =
extra
$2,500.00 for them. When he got the piano back it had cheap Asian =
hammers
on it that were like Rocks.</SPAN> <SPAN =
class=261204822-10102004> The
lawsuit he won but I doubt he will get anything from the so-called piano =
technician in Broken Arrow OK since the guy declared bankruptcy. =
He is
still doing university piano sales, =
however.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=261204822-10102004>I am VERY pleased with Renner hammers. =
I would
only change if I could find the hammer exactly like they make but for
substantially less money. (Like that will
happen.)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=261204822-10102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>D.L.
Bullock</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> antares
[mailto:antares@euronet.nl]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 10, 2004 =
4:28
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Renner
'Blues'<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>It is exactly as what said, they are =
Wurzens
because they come from Renner and almost all hammers made by Renner =
are
covered with Wurzen felt.<BR>The fact that most Americans do not like =
these
hammers has nothing to do with the felt, but with the way they were =
made, i.e.
the pressure with which they were glued.<BR>Nobody likes stone hard
hammers.<BR>What is sad though for all technicians who had no word in =
this nor
<I>choice</I>, is the fact that 'they' kept on distributing these =
hammers for
years, and only now are going to bring the 'better hammers' into the =
US (if we
may believe this).<BR>I personally never wanted to be dependent, but =
rather
choose my own stuff, and I have done so.<BR><BR>On the other hand, =
this (the
hammer business in the USA) is not my business, literally speaking, =
<BR>but
you asked, <BR>and it is a free world, <BR>at least so 'they'
say.........<BR><BR><BR>friendly greetings<BR>from<BR>André
Oorebeek<BR><BR>"where <I>Music</I> is, no harm can
be"<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>