Farrand Strike Line- Response to David Love and others

[Richard Brekne]

Gordon Holley wrote:

> Hello David. 
>  
> These hammers have all been "filed" or "reshaped" which-ever term you 
> prefer.
> The other suggestions of things to look at and do, I'll do and work-on 
> this Sunday and
> respond on my findings.  But I would ask again, to be sure, would you 
> really want
> to file them some more?.
> Many thanks, and my regards, Gordon Holley
>  
>  

Tho Davids suggestions are very sound.... in the light of your string 
plucking results... I'd do some more trouble shooting with extra hammers 
before filing any more.  Make sure you need a harder hammer.  Take a 
number 92 extra and soak in in cellulose lacquer... (or the hardner of 
your choice)... make it over hard. Glue in on a shank at the standard 
strike distance and check out several of the dead notes above E7.  If 
you get tone... then by all means... file away on your new set. 

No sense filling away tho if you are still shootn in the dark eh ... or 
what ?

Cheers
RicB