<HTML><HTML>List When hammer felt is worn through to the wood, what can be done, short of rep= lacing the hammers with new ones, to restore some semblance of tone quality?=    I seem to remember a thread years ago on this...covering the h= ammers with leather of some sort.  Didn't some older square grands hav= e leather covered hammers?  What type of leather? In this case, the situation geos beyond 'tone quality';  the hammers i= n octave 7, being shorter by virtue of there being less felt at the strike p= oint, are overstriking and hitting the capo, resulting in practically no sou= nd whatsoever.  I think covering them with the proper material would a= t least allow the hammers to hit the strings.  This is an old Kimball = owned by a family on a budget, and not a candidate for replacing the set of = hammers. Thanks in advance for your advice, Tom Sivak Chicago</HTML>