Heavy hammers

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

Ted,
Schaff has a dremel attachment that allows varying degrees of contact with 
the sanding drum.  I haven't used it but have made a mental note to get it 
next time I have to rehab a piano.

 From the model name mentioned it sounds like the teacher bought an 
imported Yamaha.  Then she had it rebuilt.  Was that because of the shape 
it was in or after due course of usage?  The "grey market" piano thread we 
had seemed to disparage these a lot.  I serviced a G3 this last Christmas 
which was essentially brand new, right down to a sostuneto bar that had to 
be adjusted up out of the way of the damper flanges.  It tuned beautifully.

Andrew Anderson
Las Cruces, NM
At 06:27 PM 1/8/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>A piano teacher bought a used Yamaha G3 which had a nice touch before the
>rebuilder installed new hammers.  Now the touchweight is 65 grams and she
>and her students are complaining about the heavy touch.   I had a set of
>used Yamaha C3 hammers in my shop and substituted a couple of those hammers
>for the heavy ones and the touchweight dropped to 53 grams.
>
>What is the most expeditious way to remove some of the weight from the
>hammers?  I don't like the idea of using a sandpaper paddle to take that
>much weight off; too labor intensive and with today's modern tools there
>must be an easier way.  How would the list members handle this?
>
>Ted Simmons
>Merritt Island, FL
>
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