[pianotech] Unknown hammers

[Terry Farrell]

Yes way, dude! I've seen plenty of pianos with hammers worn to the nub  
- well, NOT as worn as the ones in Zeno's picture, but REALLY worn  
deep. After the grooves get so deep, the thin sides of the grooves  
tend to break off eventually - especially if there is a little play in  
the action center. IMHO, it is quite possible those hammers have never  
been filed, and easily never filed flat.

Terry Farrell

On Oct 1, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:

> No way, dude.  They had to have been filed flat many times before.   
> Half the top is totally gone!
> Paul
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> From:	Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
> To:	pianotech at ptg.org
> Date:	10/01/2010 03:30 PM
> Subject:	[pianotech] Unknown hammers
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> Paul,
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> I've seen hammers that have been filed off flat, and I completely  
> agree.  However, take another look - these hammers were probably  
> never filed!  That's 80 years of heavy use, you can see the  
> grooves.  Nobody to blame here except the long line of piano owners.
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> -Zeno
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