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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>claudia,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please send me a post so that I can =
send you some
information off list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your address for some reason does not =
go through
for me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=claudia_cimenti@mail.com
href="mailto:claudia_cimenti@mail.com">Claudia Cimenti</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 08, 2002 =
2:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Used hammers for =
upright
piano project</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Terry,<BR><BR>I'm in Massachusetts.<BR><BR>I am =
sensitive to
the fact that I am currently running up quite a bill getting a bunch =
of basic
tools. Also, I would not mind the practice reshaping and replacing =
hammers
once before putting on brand-new ones. I have much to =
learn.<BR><BR>Thanks for
the tip about restringing the bass. The stings are indeed in pretty =
poor
shape. I would rather call them tarnished than corroded, but I am =
convinced
that does not do well for the tone. <BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">The Leland has 85 keys</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>, </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">keys 1-10 are single wound</FONT><FONT =
face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5> and </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">keys 11-28 are double
wound.<BR><BR></FONT>Thanks for checking into this. I truly appreciate =
it.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>/Claudia<BR><BR><BR>At 04:48 PM 5/7/2002 =
Tuesday, you
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hello Claudia. I have =
a complete
upright action that I've been tripping over in my shop for the past =
few
weeks. It is from a 1920s Starr upright (the piano I learned to tune =
on - or
almost anyway). It is in good to excellent condition for it age. I'm =
quite
sure the hammers have most of their felt.<BR><BR>I would encourage =
you to
put new hammers on your piano. If the board and bridges are in =
acceptable
shape, simply restringing the bass can do wonders for an old beater. =
Soundwise, new bass strings and new hammers will often get you 70% =
or 80% of
the way back to how the piano sounded 80 years ago (what I mean, is =
biggest
bang for the buck).<BR><BR>If you think you really want to use used =
hammers,
let me know how many bass notes your piano has and I'll see what I
have.<BR><BR>What neck of the woods are you located?<BR><BR>Terry
Farrell<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<BR> =
<BR>-----
Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Claudia Cimenti"
<claudia_cimenti@mail.com><BR>To: =
<pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent:
Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:52 PM<BR>Subject: Used hammers for upright =
piano
project<BR><BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> I am trying to restore =
a
vintage upright to playing condition, for purely <BR>> =
educational
purposes.<BR>> <BR>> I need to replace the hammers. Most =
hammers are
worn down to the underfelt!<BR>> <BR>> I was wondering if =
someone on
this list might have a used set of upright <BR>> hammers =
available that
they would want to part with. I really do not want <BR>> to spend =
$130+
for a brand new set of hammers for this old piano at this <BR>> =
point. It
would be ok if the hammers are worn, need reshaping, have no or =
<BR>>
broken shanks, etc, etc. The striking distance was nearly =
imposssible to
<BR>> even guess, but I venture it was 2 3/8 ".<BR>> <BR>> =
Please
feel fee to Email me personally at claudia_cimenti@mail.com if you =
<BR>>
can think of something.<BR>> <BR>> Thank you very =
much!!<BR>>
/Claudia<BR>> <BR>> PS: I hope that with this post I did not =
overstep
the focus of this list. <BR>> If so, please accept my apologies.
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