<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hi David</DIV>=
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I liked your suggestion and would add note=
s no.28 & 52 as well. If a guy /gal is used to working with a certain=
brand of hammer and weighing the four or five basic notes really do=
es give enough info to calculate kind of shaping prepping the job will re=
quire to hit your target weight. Its not that tough.</DIV> <DIV>&nb=
sp;I buy all/most my un hammers completely unprepped from Ronsen and the =
14lb.(sorry for the useless terminology Del) varieties don't vary th=
at much from set to set but I do weigh notes 4-16-28-40-52-64 on all sets=
just in case one action might need to be on one side or the other and to=
anticipate the weight reqiuerments of job.</DIV> <DIV> To answer A=
ndrews complaint as to "what's the use" his supplier could weigh &nb=
sp;entire sets of the same brand of hammer ( I bet that's what Wally=
does and allocates them to the action with" special needs" I think =
that's about as close to that as one is going to get. </DIV> <DIV> &=
nbsp; ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDREW for defecting from the PETRIFI=
ED FELT HAMMER CLUB. Isn't reality grand</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <D=
IV> I did hang a set of Isaac hammers recently and the =
weight was really high even on cherry moldings. I've found cherry m=
oldings to be very inconsistent in weight. Notes 16 at 10.5 grams ,40- 9.=
4 ,64-8ish. The usual great sound but all lot of whittling.</=
DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Best-----Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV>&=
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style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=
="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Dav=
id Stanwood</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, Oc=
tober 21, 2001 7:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> p=
ianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re=
: Speaking of hammers...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>Subject: Re: Sp=
eaking of hammers... <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:57:54 EDT =
<DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>In a message dated 10/16/2001 10:48:57 A=
M Central Daylight Time, <DIV></DIV>><A href="mailto:pianobuilders@=
olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> writes: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV><=
/DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > As a start perhaps the manufacturer could=
weigh just those hammers he <DIV></DIV>> > intends to be #1, #30,=
#60 and #88 and correlate those into Stanwood's <DIV></DIV>> > cu=
rves. If the manufacturing tolerances are reasonable random samples might=
<DIV></DIV>> > well be sufficient. At this point, I'd be really h=
appy with just that. <DIV></DIV>> > Though we'd still be some dist=
ance from ideal at least it would be one <DIV></DIV>> > small step=
in the right direction. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>>Would thes=
e be pretapered, coved, what about the tail? I am afraid there are <DIV>=
</DIV>>too many variables to do anything here however great the need. =
While those <DIV></DIV>>here in this discussion may be willing to pay=
a little extra for their <DIV></DIV>>hammers if this information wer=
e made available, I fear the demand would not <DIV></DIV>>be large en=
ough for the manufactures to bother with. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>&g=
t;Speaking of knowing your hammer maker, I just installed my first set of=
<DIV></DIV>>Isaac's hammers. WOW! That is the sound I have been look=
ing for all along. <DIV></DIV>>I had gotten sick and tired of trying =
to soften these steel reinforced wire <DIV></DIV>> <P>Andrew,</P> <P=
>My suggestion to hammer makers is to take the average of a cluster of th=
ree hammers around note #16,#40, and #64 . This gives a very =
good indication of weight level in the area that is most played. It=
's not hard to make an estimate of shaping and boring and tapering. =
Wally Brooks provides very good hammer weight information for his hammer=
s.</P> <P>So would you care to share the weight stats on the Isaac hammer=
s? Levels?</P> <P>David C. Stanwood</P></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> Get yo=
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