<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Dec 7, 2005, at = 10:35 AM, Jim Busby wrote:</DIV><BR = class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P = style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Have you tried Joe Goss' = hammer fitting block? It's the only tool I've</FONT></P> <P = style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">found for upright piano = hammer mating (hammer to strings) that will</FONT></P> <P style="margin:= 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">easily file hammers in an = upright.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Hi Jim,<DIV> A = quicker, easier way is to use a sandpaper strip between strings and = hammers. Grit facing out towards hammers (DUH). Press hammers against = strings, using shanks or catchers to press, not too much force. Use a = block of wood or something to press four or five at a time, with = appropriate width strip of paper. 180 grit or so. Zip, zip, you're done. = BTW, this is an idea courtesy of Mr Spurlock, not original with = me.</DIV><DIV> It's helpful to do a bit of string leveling = before: brass drift, light hammer, tap, tap. Helps speed up tuning = stability on green instruments, = too.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred = Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A = href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>=