Yes, I have done it. I do not suggest this as a quality solution to addressing worn-out hammers. But if for whatever reason the old hammers are going to be retained and the treble hammers are down to the wood, this will solve that problem. As you can see in the photos below, I simply flattened the tops of the target hammers, glued on an oversize strip of hammer felt, and then cut the hammers apart and shaped. It really worked quite well. The tone was way softer than the remaining old hammers, so I had to juice the "refelted" hammers a fair bit, but eventually the tone blended in quite well with the old horrible hammers on the old worn-out grand piano. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > I have a very old pre-D Steinway 9', about 1873 or so, with a few high > treble hammers worn through to the wood. The owner is very attached to > the tone of the piano in general, which is rather soft and sweet, not > nearly as powerful as a more modern piano. I am considering refelting > just the top section, so as to preserve what's still working without > rebuilding the action, and because that's really all the piano needs for > his purposes. I don't think leather will get past his aesthetic filter. > > 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. > > -Mark Schecter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060606/0e5e84e0/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 26757 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060606/0e5e84e0/attachment-0003.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 33525 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060606/0e5e84e0/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 24480 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060606/0e5e84e0/attachment-0005.jpe
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