Unlacquered S&S hammers: was Re: Tensioned hammers and"the staple"

[jolly roger]

>Wait a second.... Let me see if I understand this right... You bore the
>holes... then take off some felt.... and then somehow the hole has
>"moved" down the tails ??


Nah! of coarse not.

>
>Or are you saying you take off felt first, then bore to the correct
>distance... that would give shorter tails I suppose... but why do it
>that way ? I never take of anything from the top of the hammer when
>filing them down. I just pull off the shoulders makeing more of a
>pointed crown.
>

 The older Steinway hammers were like pillows and heavily cupped, so I pre
filed them on the bench, and there was not much in the way of tails to play
with.
Roger
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>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway
>mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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