Not so. I've been a vocal critic of hard-pressed hammers for decades. When I first began to encounter and hear about the so-called "hard-pressed" hammers requiring (according to the voicing gurus of the day) 50, 75 or 100 needle strokes in the shoulders to give them a somewhat acceptable voice it seemed contrary to everything I was learning about hammer design and hammer making; I once encountered an automatic pneumatic machine in a European factory designed to do nothing but drive needles repeatedly into the shoulders of the high-end, heavily promoted name brand hammers they were using on their grand pianos. In my opinion these were (are) not piano hammers. I didn't (and don't) quite understand what they were (are) but they were (are) not piano hammers. They should be repackaged and returned, shipping collect, to their maker. If they came (come) to you already attached to a piano.well.you will need a bigger box.. I realize I've been in the minority on this issue but there have been others.. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:30 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Lacquered hammers ... I here so many guys curse lacquer and nary a dismal word about a mind numbing 200 needle strokes a hammer or another step towards carpal tunnel syndrome. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110220/9404beb9/attachment.htm>
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