That's my suspicion also Patrick. I've seen it on a number of Winters.
Also many Aeolians with the dreaded green monsters and Baldwins too. I
presume it's poor glue.
Terry Farrell
On Jan 6, 2011, at 5:03 PM, J Patrick Draine wrote:
> 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
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