Heavy hammers

[David Love]

What kind of hammers are on the piano presently?

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> Andrew Anderson
> Las Cruces, NM
> At 06:27 PM 1/8/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >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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