Refelting antique hammers

[Dave Doremus]

On 6/6/06, Mark Schecter quoth:

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>A couple months back, there was some discussion of refelting 
>hammers. I would like to know who offers this service. Is there 
>anyone in North America? Has anyone here ever tried to do this 
>him/herself? Thanks for any info.


As far as I know the best is in Europe. I have tried it myself with 
mixed success, if you really want a soft fuzzy tone you can get it 
:-) I have never been able to get enough tension in the felt to make 
me happy. I would strongly suggest doing the whole set for evenness 
of tone. I have had  very soft felt on original moldings from 
Fletcher and Newman in England. I dont know if they still do this. 
Abel in Germany does a great job, but the felt is distinctly harder. 
Are the moldings unusual enough that you dont want to get a new set 
of Ronsens?
-- 
----Dave


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Dave Doremus, RPT
New Orleans
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