Hmm. One time I worked on a piano where someone had used fingernail polish on the hammers. They were very shiny! Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Delwin D Fandrich To: 'Pianotech List' Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:01 PM Subject: RE: custom hammers A tuner that used to work for me in Portland, Oregon brought it in one evening. I was having dinner when he came to the door saying something like, "Del, you have to come down and look at this. You won't believe it if I just tell you about it." He was right. The action had been "rebuilt" someplace near Pittsburgh, PA. Only the hammers through the center half (or so) had been replaced because "since few people play those notes out at the ends the supply companies don't make them anymore." The black stuff didn't go on until sometime after the hammers -- that was how they were "voiced." I never did figure out what it was. Glassy hard, though. I was especially intrigued by the hammershank repair. Nice glue, that. I ended up installing a whole new action. None of this did my dinner much good. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone 360.736-7563 <mailto:fandrich at pianobuilders.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080111/fe4adc1d/attachment.html
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