This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I always bore hammers after filing. Steinway hammers have had a problem = with adequate molding length to insure that after boring there is still = a 1" tail. Heavy removal of felt off the crown of the hammer shortens = the overall length of the hammer compounding the problem. David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: September 28, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Unlacquered S&S hammers: was Re: Tensioned hammers and = "the staple" =20 David Love wrote:=20 I have, in the past, attempted to use their hammers without = lacquer, but I found that in order to get enough tone I had to remove so = much felt that it created other problems (tail length in particular).=20 Huh ??? er... what does removing felt have to do with tail length... = ?... or are we talking Bunnies here ? --=20 Richard Brekne=20 RPT, N.P.T.F.=20 Bergen, Norway=20 mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7c/09/23/e2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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