<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font size="2">Hi </font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font size="2">Michael<br>   Ok, barring my soul here.  With my sons on board we took in a Spinet to restore last year for some very nice people. </font></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font size="2">Hey they needed a reality check. Yeah,</font></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font size="2">Mom s piano, ya know?  It was.... a ....Yikes...... Lester!. Ok, SO, we installed a new set of Ronsen Hammers with the Vfg felt. Instant music, No needles, no juice, no shaping and it was as good as these things can sound & it was respectable.  The client was very pleased.  The piano technicians were fairly shocked. :) To good to be true? Nahhh.<br> That said & FWIW, I've used the VFg felt in countless verticals & grands for over 17 years and with the same experience.  This hammer is simply the best no hassle hammer for these types of jobs on the planet. No brag, just fact as the saying goes.</font><br>  <br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> Dale Erwin RPT-</font><br>   </font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"><font color="black"></font></font><font size="2" color="mediumblue">Pre-hung Ronsen hammer sets/Abel parts</font></font><br> </font><font color="black">WWW.Erwinspiano.com</font><br> <font color="crimson">209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Michael Magness <ifixpiano@gmail.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 6:00 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Finding New Hammers for a Wurlitzer Spinet<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_d00c85f9-0f0b-4d9a-ad88-a10c789aea8b"> <div>I have been asked to restore a Wurlitzer Spinet c.1942</div> <div>Please don't ask the obvious questions, why, shouldn't it just be burned, etc. I already went through all of that with the customer. She is adamant that it is a family "heirloom" that she wants restored, for herself & her daughter after her.</div> <div> </div> <div>Now to my problem, the hammers need to be replaced, I'm at a loss where to begin looking for hammers that will work. Since spinets haven't been made for a decade or more, where would one look for replacement hammers?</div> <div>All suggestions welcome, for finding hammers, other suggestions regarding the job not so much, it has been taken, I can't rescind my decision now.</div> <div> </div> <div>As many of us often say, it all spends</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br> -- <br>   <br> <span>I think we are a product of all our experiences.</span> <br> <span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html">Sanford I. Weill</a></span>   <br> <br> Michael Magness<br> Magness Piano Service<br> 608-786-4404<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div> </div>  </div> </font></font>