[pianotech] Appropriate replacement hammers for Winter spinet?

[J Patrick Draine]

Peeling hammer felt is in my experience a characteristic of Winter spinets.
Most likely an inferior ("best price!") batch of glue, guys doing the
clamping knowing they've got to rush rush rush because their piecework wage
for the cheap hammers was probably congruently low; maybe the completed sets
were kept in the shed with the leaky roof . . .
Patrick
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> wrote:

> On 1/6/2011 12:53 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
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>> How many winter spinets have uniform tone?
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> This can be the very first one!
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> Go for it!
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> Susan
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> P.S. If that much hammer felt has come unglued, one suspects it was left in
> a basement, barn, on a porch, or whatever. Have you checked the rest of it
> (keybushings, wippen felt, dampers, etc.) for signs of excessive moisture,
> hardening, and failed glue?
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