Avion vs Vintage Vibe Refurb Kits

[tempesax]

I recently refurbished a 1976 Fender Rhodes stage piano using a Vintage Vibe 73 Key Refurb Kit. It sounds much, much better. So much better that I am considering refurbishing a 1976 Fender Rhodes Suitcase piano.

Now I see that Avion also has a refurb kit. They claim that their grommets are really good, and they look pretty interesting. Also, they give you more parts for about the same money as the Vintage Vibe kit, so I am wondering about which kit has better parts.

Does anyone have experience with using both the Avion and Vintage Vibe 73 Key Refurb Kits? Are the Avion grommets really better than the VV grommets? Looks like the Avion hammer felts have a "V" configuration vs the flat hammer felts from VV. Any preference on the Avion vs VV hammer felts? Any preference between the Avion or VV hammers?

Thanks for your help.

Mark

[tempesax]

I'm new to this forum and seem to have posted this question twice.

Could the moderator please delete this copy as I got my answer on the other copy of this post.

Thank you,

Mark

[pianotuner steveo]

I personally have never heard of Avion. Is this a new company?