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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll second that. I found a bunch =
of hammers
here that were blowing apart & couldn't understand why, until I =
found a
bunch of glover's needles. I know they were the rage awhile back =
&
I've used them on occasion in the distant past. In some cases they =
can be
useful (at least short term -- you'll pay later) with really hard =
hammers;
but they cut the fibers, rather than perforate smoothly. Like =
cutting the
strings to lower the pitch. Just for fun, try putting a little =
steam on a
hammer that's been voiced that way. You get some real interesting
results! No tension/resilience possible when the fiber =
has been
cut. I'll be hanging hammers for awhile.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto Keyes</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=eedward2@rochester.rr.com
href="mailto:eedward2@rochester.rr.com">Robert Edwardsen</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> Thursday, May 23, 2002 =
4:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Ibach =
Hammers</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you think they were needled with =
glover's
needles? That really destroys the hammers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Edwardsen</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com =
href="mailto:pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com">Paul
Kupelian</A> </DIV>
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title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May =
22, 2002
9:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ibach =
Hammers</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just looked at an Ibach 7' grand =
today.
The hammers are really a mess and the piano is less than ten years
old. Some of the center treble hammers look like either =
something got
into them or they were severely needled on the strike =
point. I
reshaped one but it took quite a bit of felt off. I am really =
puzzled
over this one. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know whether to reshape =
them or ask
that the school spring for new hammers. The upper and lower =
registers
seem to be fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Kupelian,
RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>