Refelting antique hammers

[Farrell]

You're welcome Mark. One thing about doing this is that it is 
non-destructive, as long as you don't sand down the hammer core (just in 
case you ever wanted to recover the original cores properly) - because we 
are talking about felt that has been worn down to the core anyway. My 
suspicion is that on a hundred-year-old hammer, any sound-enhancing 
"tension" that was ever in the original felt isn't the same now.

I was very surprised at how well the repaired section blended with the 
original section after lots of voicing (steaming and needling the original 
hammers to make them softer, and juicing the repaired felt to make it 
harder).

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
> Farrell wrote:
>> Bulk scrap hammer felt from Schaff. Hot hide.
>  >and<
>> I don't really know what is the best way to clamp. If you look at the 
>> photo, you can see that all I had for clamping pressure was a couple of 
>> rubber bands - so very little pressure. I wasn't trying in any way to 
>> "tension" the felt - I was just trying to put felt between the wooden 
>> core and the string.
>
> OK, thanks, Terry. I appreciate the creativity involved. This reminds me 
> of putting new tips on a Rhodes. I may use this technique. Thanks again.
>
> -Mark Schecter
>