<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body>A custom hammer from Ronsen is probably your best bet. Wurzen AA or Bacon felt (will need lacquer).<br/><div>David Love<br/>www.davidlovepianos.com<br/>(sent from bb)</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Michael Magness <ifixpiano@gmail.com> </div><div><b>Sender: </b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org </div><div><b>Date: </b>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:54:48 -0500</div><div><b>To: </b>Pianotech List<pianotech@ptg.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> pianotech@ptg.org </div><div><b>Subject: </b>[pianotech] Finding New Hammers for a Wurlitzer Spinet</div><div><br/></div><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 href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html" target="_blank">Sanford I. Weill</a></span> <br> <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div> </body></html>