Dremel Tool

[David M. Porritt]

Joseph:

I do it all the time.  The Dremel is a great way to reestablish the
shape, then you can finish up with the "shoe shine".  Usually the file
stick is unnecessary.

dave

Joseph Vitti wrote:
>
>                State University of New York at Stony Brook
>                        Stony Brook, NY
>
>                                             Joseph Vitti
>                                             Concert Technician
>                                             03-Apr-1997 02:12pm EST
> FROM:  JVITTI
> TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _pianotech@byu.edu )
>
> Subject: Dremel Tool
>
>  Has anyone had experience with using a dremel tool (minimite cordless) to file
> hammers? I must confess that I've always placed its use on hammers in the area
> of "hack"work. I recently had a set of ugly misshaped Steinway hammers I tired
> it on. It really worked very well in "sculpting" a good hammer shape. You can
> start up on the shoulder and make a pionted shape without pulling felt from the
> bottom. If you use a file stick you'd have a really small hammer by the time
> you were finished. It's alot less work for a very good result. I still go over
> the hammer with a file stick and then with a strip to shoe shine.  I've also
> tried it while fitting hammers to the strings. Seems to work good there as
> well.
>
> Jvitti@ccamil.suny.edu

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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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