Used hammers for upright piano project

[Greg Newell]

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Claudia,
         Back when I was starting out I was lucky enough to find a few 
people who were leaving the business for one reason or another. I was able 
to purchase their tools and supplies for a fraction of the cost of new. 
Helped the, Helped me. Food for thought.

Greg Newell


At 04:14 AM 5/8/2002, you wrote:
>Hi Terry,
>
>I'm in Massachusetts.
>
>I am sensitive to the fact that I am currently running up quite a bill 
>getting a bunch of basic tools. Also, I would not mind the practice 
>reshaping and replacing hammers once before putting on brand-new ones. I 
>have much to learn.
>
>Thanks for the tip about restringing the bass. The stings are indeed in 
>pretty poor shape. I would rather call them tarnished than corroded, but I 
>am convinced that does not do well for the tone.
>
>The Leland has 85 keys, keys 1-10 are single wound and keys 11-28 are 
>double wound.
>
>Thanks for checking into this. I truly appreciate it.
>
>Regards,
>/Claudia
>
>
>At 04:48 PM 5/7/2002 Tuesday, you wrote:
>>Hello Claudia. I have a complete upright action that I've been tripping 
>>over in my shop for the past few weeks. It is from a 1920s Starr upright 
>>(the piano I learned to tune on - or almost anyway). It is in good to 
>>excellent condition for it age. I'm quite sure the hammers have most of 
>>their felt.
>>
>>I would encourage you to put new hammers on your piano. If the board and 
>>bridges are in acceptable shape, simply restringing the bass can do 
>>wonders for an old beater. Soundwise, new bass strings and new hammers 
>>will often get you 70% or 80% of the way back to how the piano sounded 80 
>>years ago (what I mean, is biggest bang for the buck).
>>
>>If you think you really want to use used hammers, let me know how many 
>>bass notes your piano has and I'll see what I have.
>>
>>What neck of the woods are you located?
>>
>>Terry Farrell
>>Tampa, Florida
>>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Claudia Cimenti" <claudia_cimenti@mail.com>
>>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:52 PM
>>Subject: Used hammers for upright piano project
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am trying to restore a vintage upright to playing condition, for purely
>> > educational purposes.
>> >
>> > I need to replace the hammers. Most hammers are worn down to the 
>> underfelt!
>> >
>> > I was wondering if someone on this list might have a used set of upright
>> > hammers available that they would want to part with. I really do not want
>> > to spend $130+ for a brand new set of hammers for this old piano at this
>> > point. It would be ok if the hammers are worn, need reshaping, have no or
>> > broken shanks, etc, etc. The striking distance was nearly imposssible to
>> > even guess, but I venture it was 2 3/8 ".
>> >
>> > Please feel fee to Email me personally at claudia_cimenti@mail.com if you
>> > can think of something.
>> >
>> > Thank you very much!!
>> > /Claudia
>> >
>> > PS: I hope that with this post I did not overstep the focus of this list.
>> > If so, please accept my apologies. /C
>> >


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