<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would say that the best way is still = the way that the old masters did the job,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with a sand paddle. This said, I had to = find another way, as the strength it took to do it that way was very tiresom = for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After trying Dremel tools Fordam belt = sander and electric knife and finding they always caused mistakes in my hands, I = developed a system that uses shoe-shine style shaping of the hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Besides the tool listed on my page one = needs to make several paddles that you can attach various grits of sand paper to = in strips 12 inches long and 3/8 or 1/2 inches wide 2 inches and 3 inches = wide. The widest are used on the straight 90% hammers and the 3/8 and 1/2 on the = angled hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also  the grits that I use are = from 80 to 320 so that you can take the felt off quickly with the rough and finish with = the fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two other tools that are used in the = voicing process are my string level for work on grands and the hammer fitting = block for fine mating of hammer to string followed  by a light 320 fileing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As I do all my needeling from the side, = fileing after voicing is not needed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Click on my site</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/">http://www.primenet.com/~imatu= nr/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mother oose = Music</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>