<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>wool fibers</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  I'm dragging the through the Fandrich book on Tone Building.  It is pretty slow going for me, but on the other hand rather amazing the detail to which these people went to long ago to discuss, examine, and create instruments with good tone.    I'm in chapter 4 where they say that wool fibers parallel to the strings don't get indented as much as those which run perpendicular to the strings.   Do any examine the hammers under magnification before they think of filing or needling?   Is this even an issue in 2006?  Has the making of hammers changed overall that greatly.  At the National we helped "make" a set of hammers, Ronson,  cut the felt, put it in the press, applied the glue.  Then they were set overnight, and we didn't see the results.  But this stuff gets really interesting, so I'm nosy as to how much people pay attention to the individual fibers in a set of hammers before and while they are working on them. les bartlett -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 09/01/2006   </BODY> </HTML>