<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" vLink=purple link=blue>So maybe front to back?   Fun to speculate isn't it...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Joseph Garrett" <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: "David Love" <DAVIDLOVEPIANOS@COMCAST.NET>, "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 9/5/2006 8:05:31 PM<BR>Subject: RE: Hammer weighting...Was Arbor Press<BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV align=left>David, </DIV> <DIV>Perhaps it might warrant some studies by Stephen B.? I'm waaaay to crude in shop, etc. to do anything other than speculate.<G></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@comcast.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 9/5/2006 7:43:49 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Hammer weighting...Was Arbor Press</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I cant imagine that would be a problem.  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">David Love</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Joseph Garrett<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:23 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Hammer weighting...Was Arbor Press</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">David asked: "</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">I have just tried David Love's suggestion of 1/2 through holes which gets you about .3 or .4 grams, a simple tap with hammer and lead punch...simplicity...</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">What does the List think of 1/2 way holes rather than all the way through? 2 1/2 holes equals one through for about the same weight...."</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">David,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">I should think that the 1/2 way through would put the hammer in a bit of a inertial imbalance. <G> (worth a thought, I think.) </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Captain, Tool Police</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Squares R I</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>