>Wait a second.... Let me see if I understand this right... You bore the >holes... then take off some felt.... and then somehow the hole has >"moved" down the tails ?? Nah! of coarse not. > >Or are you saying you take off felt first, then bore to the correct >distance... that would give shorter tails I suppose... but why do it >that way ? I never take of anything from the top of the hammer when >filing them down. I just pull off the shoulders makeing more of a >pointed crown. > The older Steinway hammers were like pillows and heavily cupped, so I pre filed them on the bench, and there was not much in the way of tails to play with. Roger > > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >
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