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A German going Postal? That would be interesting.

--c5

As I have said many times, the cost of materials in non art case pianos is a tiny % of the overall costs. It is mostly labor.
The most expensive hammers that I am aware of?
Yamaha.

So... have you tried putting Yamaha hammers on a rebuild Steinway?

Any rebuilder out there who prefer putting Yamaha hammers on rebuild Steinways?

I bet there are hundreds. But getting them to 'fess up to it is going to be difficult

Derick

Keith, do the Ronson hammers sound like the S&S NY hammers? Music, where did you get your information about Hamburg possibly not using Renner hammers?

We have not put Yamaha hammers on a Steinway Rebuild. They are too expensive. We stick with the cheap stuff from NY Steinway and Hamburg Steinway mainly.

By the way, I am speaking of Yamaha C series hammers that we have bought to put on Yamaha C series pianos. I think the S series hammers are more expensive still. I suspect that Yamaha jacks up the price on these because they do not want to be in the parts selling business.

The ronsen hammers have their own sound, but it is more like a NY Steinway hammer than a Hamburg.