Grand hammer replacement

Jon Page jonpage@attbi.com
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:01:52 -0400


At 07:40 AM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Another consideration would be to purchase your hammers and shanks 
>(remember, you likely want to replace shanks and flanges also!!!) from 
>Wally Brooks. He will do expert hammer hanging if you wish. He is very 
>helpful. He will also do the tapering and tailing if you wish. He will 
>match up a set of new hammers to your old hammers. I did my first grand 
>hammer replacement job with him and everything came out perfect. If you 
>want to do everything yourself, then go wherever. But if not, Wally will 
>do it for you and do a very, very exacting job.
>
>wwbrooks@aol.com
>
>Terry Farrell

There is also the possibility of recovering the existing hammers if the 
rollers and centers are satisfactory.

Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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