<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 10, 2008 6:52 PM, William R. Monroe <<a href="mailto:pianotech@a440piano.net">pianotech@a440piano.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">OK all you custom hammer hangers, you've got nothin' on these babies!!<br><br>I took this action in for rebuild, the previous "job" (can you call it that) <br>left a bit to be desired.  I swear, it looks like it had to take four times<br>as long to "checker" these hammers so desperately wrong than to just do it<br>right.  Nice glue collar though, eh?<br><br>;-]<br> <font color="#888888"><br>William R. Monroe<br></font></blockquote></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Wow, you sure the mice didn't "checker" those before you got there? My mentor used a checkering file, swore by it, I think Schaff still sells it, I know I have one around here somewhere. I used it once or twice and then learned it wasn't necessary! Those are really hacked up, looks like the work of a chisel or small sanding disc. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>I AM, therefore I THINK!<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com"> mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>