---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Horace right on advice. I'm at the phase of my life where this kind of call would a have been a simple open invitation to do a hammer transplant instead of all the diddling around we try to do only to find the results largely unsuccessful. NO offense Barabara , I know you /we aim to please. Unsuccessful Primarily because of the petrified felt hammers to begin with. In my practice I start over with the Ronsen tone producing hammers(Wurzen) with the same caveat that Horace mentioned as to some soundboard systems needing a bit firmer /stiffer hammer to get the tone going. Stiff hammer equals stiff soundboard system. However I've yet to use a set of the Wurzen that didn't' get what I wanted with proper filing , string to hammer mating & in some cases dilute amounts of lacquer/whatever Barbara In these cases l do a thoro explanation of how & why certain hammers have the charachteristics they do. This is usually a simple excersise in basic & compassionate salesman ship & it gives the client what they really need / want without all the chemical & needling gymnastics which more often than not ends in failure. Yes & who pays for the non effective results? Hmm . YOu? Me? Yes in our gracious & unbusiness like way we often volunteer to eat the intial cost of the failed efforts. I don't know but you 'all but of donated plenty & could frankly use more of MY time to wander thru the forrest...... which I did last week !!! ! Regards Dale Erwin Does it work...well...yes...most times there will be a noticeable improvement...sometimes, depending on how badly damaged the hammers were to start with, you can save the cost of a new set of hammers. The whole operation does not take significant amounts of time in one sitting. Rather several hours spaced out over a day or so, and can thus be fit in with other work. FWIW, most Seilers come with hammers that are not only too hard to begin with. They also seem to be hardened at the factory (with what seems like lacquer) to a point that is indefensible. So, you are dealing not only with whatever the other technician applied; but also whatever was done at the factory/dealer to begin with. I would like to recommend the Wurzen hammers to start with; and do so with the caveat that there are some instruments/makers/models which seem to require a harder hammer to get much going in the way of sound. YMMV. Good luck. Best. Horace ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f1/fc/0f/88/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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