Joseph: I do it all the time. The Dremel is a great way to reestablish the shape, then you can finish up with the "shoe shine". Usually the file stick is unnecessary. dave Joseph Vitti wrote: > > State University of New York at Stony Brook > Stony Brook, NY > > Joseph Vitti > Concert Technician > 03-Apr-1997 02:12pm EST > FROM: JVITTI > TO: Remote Addressee ( _pianotech@byu.edu ) > > Subject: Dremel Tool > > Has anyone had experience with using a dremel tool (minimite cordless) to file > hammers? I must confess that I've always placed its use on hammers in the area > of "hack"work. I recently had a set of ugly misshaped Steinway hammers I tired > it on. It really worked very well in "sculpting" a good hammer shape. You can > start up on the shoulder and make a pionted shape without pulling felt from the > bottom. If you use a file stick you'd have a really small hammer by the time > you were finished. It's alot less work for a very good result. I still go over > the hammer with a file stick and then with a strip to shoe shine. I've also > tried it while fitting hammers to the strings. Seems to work good there as > well. > > Jvitti@ccamil.suny.edu -- _______________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas _______________________________________________
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