<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Go with wally.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very little work to be done with his assembling the parts, and you putting them on.  ,,,,,,,,,, <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</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> Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: (a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Paul,<BR><BR>Thanks for the input.  The shanks and flanges will also be replaced.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV id=sig6506 style="CLEAR: both"><FONT size=+0>Dave Stahl, RPT<BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR><A href="mailto:dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net">dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net</A><BR>dstahlpiano.net</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Paul T Williams <<A href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 8:28 am<BR>Subject: Re: (a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_91575a26-65ea-4203-b66f-6853f240e1f5><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Dave,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I rebuilt a '32 Steinway L two years ago and used Wally Brook's (Abel) Natural Felt hammers and everyone (piano faculty) loves it!  His prices for boring and tapering, etc., are also very reasonable.  Otherwise, I'd go with Steinway hammers.  Are the shanks/flanges and knuckles good enough to keep for the whole new life of the hammers? Always think ahead....(why do I know this??? ;>)  )</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul T. Williams RPT<BR>Piano Technician</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>University of Nebraska</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Lincoln, NE</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><A href="mailto:pwilliams4@unl.edu">pwilliams4@unl.edu</A></FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B><A href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>10/02/2008 10:10 AM</FONT> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></DIV></TD> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV></TD> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></FONT> </TD></TR> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV></TD> <TD><BR></TD></TR> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV></TD> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>(a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD><BR></TD> <TD><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=3>Liszters,<BR><BR>I have a customer, who also happens to have a son who's a classmate of my son, who has an old L that's in pretty good shape, except the hammers are shot.  No room for shaping left on them.  But the strings are good, board is good, block is good . It's pretty solid all-round.  So after years of being pretty much strictly a home-service guy, I'm going to jump in and put a new set of hammers on this piano.  It will be the first complete set I've ever replaced.  <BR><BR>I have had a few suggestions from folks on type of hammer, notably Steinway(sticking with the original, expensive) and Abel (more ready out-of-the-box, cheaper). I like the Ronsen VFGs that are on my Mason, too, but am not sure they'd match up well with the Steinway.   I was assuming that I'd go with Steinway, but I need to ask the customer if authentic Steinway parts are necessary.  Since I'm not tooled up to bore my own hammers, I'll probably get them pre-bored/pre-hung.  <BR><BR>Any suggestions or input would be welcomed.   </FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3>Dave Stahl, RPT<BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR><A href="mailto:dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net">dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net</A><BR>dstahlpiano.net</FONT> <BR> <HR> <FONT size=3>Find phone numbers fast with the </FONT><A href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target=_blank><FONT color=blue size=3><U>New AOL Yellow Pages</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3>! </FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAF2BCF043BE93-15F8-9E2><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Find phone numbers fast with the <A title=http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001 href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target=_blank>New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>