Kissin Review

[David Ilvedson, RPT]

Horace,

What I just tried now was filing from the top down which is totally
backwards for me but it smoothed up the nap.  I haven't used paddles in
years...I may have to search my stuff ;-] It would seem that I wouldn't have
much a hammer left if I started with a heavy grit...I wish I had an extra
hammer to experiment on...I don't think I got an single extra hammer in the
set.

David I.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Kissin Review


>
> David,
>
> I would not start with strips.  Best to start with sandpaper files/paddles
> with fairly coarse grit, and work your way down to 220, or finer.  Newer
NY
> hammers do not shape like anything else, with the possible exception of
> Ronson.  Techniques that work very well on hard(er) pressed hammers will
> chew the NY hammer up, pulling odd chunks of felt out of the body of the
> hammer, and making it hard to even things out.
>
> The general shape you are after is like what was published in the 1979 S&S
> technical manual (the same pictures have been used in other editions, but
> that one is the most clear as to what is wanted).  I think that basic
> techniques are discussed there, as well.
>
> Please give me a call, if you wish.
>
> Best.
>
> Horace
>
>
>
>
>
> At 05:42 PM 1/9/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >List,
> >
> >I have a set of new Steinway hammers I am in the midst of working with.
My
> >problem is with the filing.  I had expected to square up the remove a
little
> >felt before juicing...I started with 220 strips and immediately the felt
> >began to want to layer very roughly.  The layers seem to want to go much
> >deeper than my experience.  They look awful on the few that I have
> >started...I consider myself to be very good and hammer filing but this
set
> >of hammers is acting very strangely.  Old Steinway hammers are a dream to
> >file as the layers were thin and came off as expected.  These layers seem
to
> >want to come off in thick layers...weird!  Got any ideas?
> >David I.
>
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