A 1/8" hole drill completely through the molding has less than .1gr weight change. The biggest change is in filing the surface and planing the sides. At 09:02 PM 11/3/98 EST, you wrote: >Hi! The never-ending search for ways to deal with excess touch weight in >Steinways has me wondering about a suggestion from an engineer friend. He >suggested drilling holes in the hammer molding, and I know one rebuilder who >has tried that and said the reduction in touch weight that he obtained was >minimal. However, does anyone have information about how many holes you can >drill without weakening the molding, what size, what spacing between them, >etc? Thanks, Linda Scott > > Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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