Hi Graeme, Note I was quoting wired hammers, The wire is threaded through the molding and the ends are twisted on the other side. The salesman used to love to tell customers that two holes were drilled in the molding, and the wire was lovingly threaded thro' and twisted. Not like Japanese hammers that were stapled or riveted. The advantage was no split moldings, Now there's your daily chuckle. See you very soon, who buy's the first beer. Regards Roger >It was a safety feature that didn't always work in many low end English and >several European pianos like Weinbach. Many times the underside comes >unglued and not being immediately visible makes one wonder why the sound is >dead.... and I mean dead. > >On inspection most of the staples barely get into the underside of the >hammer felt on some of these pianos. Not much one can do as it isn't >possible (to me anyway) to replace the original tension into the hammer. >Replacement is the only option. > >Could be partly due to our higher humidity too. > >Regards, > >Graeme Harvey >New Plymouth >New Zealand >
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