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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