I guess ironing the shoulders will do no harm and as Barry H. says it is only cosmetic, but if you want hammers that are relatively soft on the outside and get gradually harder as you go into the felt, you won't want to iron the crown at all. At 10:33 AM 4/7/98 +1000, you wrote: >List, >Franz recommends that after final shaping of the hammers and a finish with 100 >grade emery cloth, and before any final voicing, the "hammers are now ironed with >a hot iron, first the sides and then over the shoulders. The crowns of the last few >hammers in the treble may also be ironed." page 13. >John Woodrow Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT vince@byu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Why do schools of music content themselves with teaching students how to smite keyboards and think it unnecesary to tell them about equal temperament and how that system affects musical intonation?" - Wm. Braid White quoted in the PT July 1954
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