<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><DEFANGED_META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv="Content-Type"><DEFANGED_META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name="GENERATOR"></DEFANGED_STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=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> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Edwardsen</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message = ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com = href="mailto:pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com">Paul Kupelian</A> </DIV> <DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = 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> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <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>