Heavy hammers

[Isaac sur Noos]

But if you really have to go back from 65 g to 52 you have to obtain 2
gr less on your hammers more or less, that is way too much to be
practical, so you may test really where does the problem come (weight
hammers, position on shank, spread, etc).

Isaac OLEG

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Ted Simmons
> Envoye : vendredi 9 janvier 2004 00:27
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Heavy hammers
>
>
> A piano teacher bought a used Yamaha G3 which had a nice
> touch before the
> rebuilder installed new hammers.  Now the touchweight is 65
> grams and she
> and her students are complaining about the heavy touch.   I
> had a set of
> used Yamaha C3 hammers in my shop and substituted a couple
> of those hammers
> for the heavy ones and the touchweight dropped to 53 grams.
>
> What is the most expeditious way to remove some of the
> weight from the
> hammers?  I don't like the idea of using a sandpaper paddle
> to take that
> much weight off; too labor intensive and with today's
> modern tools there
> must be an easier way.  How would the list members handle this?
>
> Ted Simmons
> Merritt Island, FL
>
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