(a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L

[Paul T Williams]

Dave,

I rebuilt a '32 Steinway L two years ago and used Wally Brook's (Abel) 
Natural Felt hammers and everyone (piano faculty) loves it!  His prices 
for boring and tapering, etc., are also very reasonable.  Otherwise, I'd 
go with Steinway hammers.  Are the shanks/flanges and knuckles good enough 
to keep for the whole new life of the hammers? Always think ahead....(why 
do I know this??? ;>)  )

Paul T. Williams RPT
Piano Technician
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
pwilliams4 at unl.edu





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(a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L






Liszters,

I have a customer, who also happens to have a son who's a classmate of my 
son, who has an old L that's in pretty good shape, except the hammers are 
shot.  No room for shaping left on them.  But the strings are good, board 
is good, block is good . It's pretty solid all-round.  So after years of 
being pretty much strictly a home-service guy, I'm going to jump in and 
put a new set of hammers on this piano.  It will be the first complete set 
I've ever replaced. 

I have had a few suggestions from folks on type of hammer, notably 
Steinway(sticking with the original, expensive) and Abel (more ready 
out-of-the-box, cheaper). I like the Ronsen VFGs that are on my Mason, 
too, but am not sure they'd match up well with the Steinway.   I was 
assuming that I'd go with Steinway, but I need to ask the customer if 
authentic Steinway parts are necessary.  Since I'm not tooled up to bore 
my own hammers, I'll probably get them pre-bored/pre-hung. 

Any suggestions or input would be welcomed. 

Dave Stahl, RPT
Dave Stahl Piano Service
dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
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