hammer rail felt

[Farrell]

I have a pile of scrap hammer felt that can be bought by the pound from
Schaff. I cut it on the band saw for even thickness.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: hammer rail felt


> You cut them yourself out of dense felt... whatever thickness you feel
> is needed. Get a felt cutter for making it look good... or make one
> yourself.
>
> What screw are you talking about.. the damper rail pedal screw ??  If
> so...it wants a little lost motion, and any adjusment to it needs to
> take into consideration that it actually is supposed to move the damper
> rail in so far... no more nor less.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> pianolover 88 wrote:
>
> > anyone have a line on where i can find those little dense felt squares
> > used to regulate hammer blow distance? I've looked in the usual supply
> > catalogues, but haven't seen them. Am I just NOT seeing it? I hate to
> > just trim off old pieces of softer felt from whatever/whetrever...it
> > looks sloppy and will compress in time becuase it's soft. I think it
> > would be ideal to have dense felt squares available in 1/16", 1/8" and
> > 1/4" sizes. wish I knew where to get it. I do kinda like the "screw"
> > method of adjusting blow by turning the screw in or out,  like I've
> > seen on steinway uprights. Actually, I have tried cutting my own
> > pieces from hammer felt scrap, but it's not easy getting them uniform.
> > any ideas???
> >
> >
> > Terry Peterson
> >
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