Wurzen felt

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: May 12, 2003 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: Wurzen felt


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> David has some information that goes exactly to this point dating back
pretty
> far. It seems to me that given the back and forth of the use of monster
hammers
> throughout the last hundred years also points in this direction. You find
> quotes pointing in this direction quite a few places throughout history,
tho I
> have not made any particular effort to catalouge them.
>

The "monster hammers" of times past were monsters in physical size only.
They were not monsters in terms of mass or density. The high-density and
high-mass hammer is a much more recent phenomena brought on by the
perceived needs of mass production.

Del