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<div>Send a sampling of hammers to yor hammer maker. I would suggest you also repalce the shanks and flanges, so send those, too.</div>
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<div>Wim <br>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Arlie Rauch <adarpub@midrivers.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 8:57 am<br>
Subject: [pianotech] Grand hammer weight<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_1629ba46-bf4c-46f7-aacf-962bdf291f4d><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>I am looking at replacing the hammers on a 1932 Kimball grand. The piano was
formerly in a bar. The old hammers are sanded down, in some cases almost to the
wood, so that regulation currently is all but impossible. My question is, how
do I decide what weight of hammers to use?
Arlie Rauch
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