<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Cute.... new hairpiece for the bald guys....!<br> <br> Mike<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Farrell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid007701c5e3dc$1c8f70c0$0201a8c0@FARRELL" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Never let it be said that I don't apply bandaids to junk pianos.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Refurbishing an action from a junk 90-year-old microgrand for a lady. Not going to replace the worn-to-the-core hammers because of $$. Regulation was a main objective (among many other things). But I just couldn't give her back her piano with the entire top octave hammer cores banging onto the strings.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">So........ this is a first for me......... not necessarily even suggesting its a good idea....... but I did it anyway........</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 1 - file flat hammer tops real flat (I did not remove much felt from these!):</font></div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="cid:part1.06020902.07030006@usa.com" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0"></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 2 - glue new hammer material to hammer tips:</font></div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="cid:part2.07040402.05030200@usa.com" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0"></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 3 - sand/file, first with belt sander, then with paddle, then shoe-shine to shape (a little out of focus, but you get the idea):</font></div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="cid:part3.05000407.02050208@usa.com" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0"></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">It looks like it will work. Don't know what it will sound like. Gotta be better than wood.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Anyway, FWIW. Silly ideas from silly techs.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell</font></div> </blockquote> </body> </html>