<< Then noticed a indentation sideways on the strikepoint of most of the affected hammers. The felt seems to sink in (soft) at the strikepoint, too deep to file off. I doped the hammers with some keytop solution and the sound of that string got better; but this is only a temporary solution. As I see this piano every ten days, I know I'm going to face this problem again very soon. Has anyone a suggestions on these Yamaha hammers? >> This sounds like the remains of a set of hammers that have had numerous shallow stitches along the edge of the shoulders and crown. I have seen this technique used to some effect, but the felt integrity just disappears a year or two down the road. You will have to harden the dead area to get anything out of these hammers. I prefer lacquer to keytop. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
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