No pardoning necessary! I have heard tall tales of folks trimming their own hammers for a square. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do with what ya got. BUT, if they are available already made - well, I'll certainly pursue that route first! But thanks for letting me know it can be done. I'll feel better just knowing that I avoided carving them myself! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: Re: Keybed Inserts > At 10:17 PM -0400 6/3/01, Farrell wrote: > >I was going to give Ronson a call next week and ask them how they handle > >hammer orders. My understanding is that they are the only company that does > >square grand hammers. I have not dealt with them before. So, I'll just give > >'em a call and get the scoop. Thanks for your interest. Have you rebuilt > >many squares? > > Pardon me while I butt in. I did one major piece of square work back > in '77. The hammer's I fashioned out of two sets of upright hammers, > drawing from each one set whose width matched the original set. The > boring angles were out over the left field fence, and the butts were > trimmed by hand after hanging (square to the shanks). I hung the > hammers, doing first the new evens in between the old odds. But later > I figured out I could have hung them on a straight dummy rail. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > > "May you work on interesting pianos." > ...........Ancient Chinese Proverb > +++++++++++++++++++++
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