<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> <![if mso 9]> <style> p.MsoNormal {margin-left:3.0pt;} </style> <![endif]></HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="MARGIN: 3pt 3pt 0.75pt" vLink=blue link=blue> <DIV>Thanks, Lawrence.  To be honest, I suspect the kinds of hammers I'm thinking of fall into the "just too old" category (turn-of-the-last-century uprights, in particular) but am willing to try nearly anything to help these families have pianos that work and sound reasonably well.  Once they get to feeling like cardboard, I'm guessing they're past doing much with.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any cents is better than no sense, and I appreciate all of it/them!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Annie</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Becker, Lawrence (beckerlr) [mailto:BECKERLR@UCMAIL.UC.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:08 AM To: annie@allthingspiano.com; College and University Technicians Subject: Treating Old Hammers </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> I have had reasonable success with deep, very low shoulder needling, starting below the staple and working up as time, money and results dictate.  Use a single needle.  With a vertical, try just the top side until you can install extra joints in your fingers, or find it would worthwhile to pull the action.<o:p></o:p> I suppose there are hammers that are just too old, but I have found crown wear to be the limiting factor with success in this type of revitalization.<o:p></o:p> Just my 2 cents.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:place></st1:City> Becker, RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician<o:p></o:p> College-Conservatory of Music<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Annie Grieshop Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:30 AM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Experiment Success - second thought<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>   <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> I'm looking for anything that might help with the dessicated hammers found on the old pianos that my customers can't afford to replace but need for their kids' lessons.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Annie Grieshop <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>