hammer felt repair

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Tom, I like the way you think.
Dare to try it sometime when the option of replacement has been approved by
the owner, ie. you or church etc. You might just find a new way <G>

Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: hammer felt repair


> Just tuned an Estey over 110 years old.  I also had to repair a broken
hammer
> shank on G7.  The hammer looked like someone had laid an extra layer of
felt
> over the top.  The raised layer was about 1/8" thick and extended from 9
> o'clock to 3 o'clock.  In fact all the hammers in the top octave were the
> same.  This was NOT a steam job, although that was my first thought,
because
> steam voicing will raise the felt up, but this was perfectly even.  Even
in
> height (steam always looks a little bumpy) and perfectly even at the ends
of
> the layer, which was a perfectly straight line.
>
> Could this have been a repair job on hammers which had worn through to the
> wood?  I've never heard of such a thing but then that doesn't mean alot.
>
> If this type of repair doesn't exist, why not?  I could envision a strip
of
> felt which would fit over the top of the hammer and be glued in place.
Maybe
> it wouldn't be hard enough, or have enough tension but would it be better
> than wood?
>
> Just wondering,
> Tom Sivak
>