hammer brushing

[Clyde Hollinger]

Friends,

I've been following this thread with some interest, and this is the
first one I recall seeing that mentions just how the brushing is done. 
Do you brush sometimes in line with the string cuts and sometimes across
them?  And if both techniques are used, how do you decide when to do
what?

Clyde 

Tom Cole wrote:

The brushing does not
> eliminate the grooves nor improve the shape. The technique used, I'm
> sure, enters into it: a straight-across-the-strike-point approach,
> scrubbing back and forth, which appears to be causing the felt to part
> at the strike point.