<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1607" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>none of that</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday rpt</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Ronsen-Wurzen hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi gang,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>This summer I'm rebuilding the action on our 1956 Baldwin D using Renner shanks/flanges and wippens.  I'm also, per your previous reccommendations, trying Ronsen-Wurzen hammers for the first time.  I have some time before summer arrives to "prep" the parts, weigh off the shanks, check pinning, etc.  My question is; What sort of pre-voicing should be done with these hammers?  Do they require pre-filing, juicing, needling etc.?  They're already bored, tapered and tails shaped nicely.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks for any input!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul T. Williams RPT<BR>Univ. of Nebraska</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>