Substitutes for Steinway Factory Hammers

[J Patrick Draine]

>From attending Steinway presentations at conventions or local dealers,
one can be aware of their most reecnt procedures. Woe to those who
proceed according to usual practice or even the most recent tech zone
they send out periodically. The last I heard the current procedure is
total saturation with lacquer.
Patrick Draine

On 1/7/07, Erwinspiano at aol.com <Erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>   To all hammerheads
>    Now that Steinway innovation has once again screwed up there hammers
> again, by filling them with some unspecified solution (I suspect plastic), I
> can no longer use them to get the tone I was able to get before.