At 14:44 -0400 4/5/10, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote: >Does anyone know what makes of grand hammers have green underfelt? I ran >into a 1960s Steinway L yesterday with replacement hammers, and am just >curious what they might be. Thanks They are almost certainly Abel's "ordinary". A pale green under-cover with a hornbeam moulding is what they use, usually with VFG felt. some years ago I say them fitting a set of these to a Steinway action at the Steinway workshop in London and was very surprised, but recently a local colleague told me they are still fitting them -- to which models I don't know. <http://www.abel-pianoparts.com/content.php?sprache=2&menuid=4&pageid=54> JD -- ______________________________________________________________________ Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew Dorset DT11 0HX * England Phone: +44 1202 731 031 Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 ______________________________________________________________________
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