<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was it Ric, who mentioned using buckskin/leather to cover worn out hammers?  What material? =  What glue?  Is there any other information I should have (like, = where to buy it)?  I took a look at the archives and got some = information.  There seemed to be a promising post from Keith, but someone came to the = door, I hung up and then when I got back on line, I couldn't find the post = again.  Grr.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is one of those hard luck = cases--it's a Packard grand (family heirloom), made in 1920.  I'm just = trying to "fix things up."    :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond. RPT</DIV> <DIV>Somewhere near Peoria, IL</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>