<html> Hi Alan,                Next time you do a 6000, go to Wally Brooks and get some Abel lites, Little needling at the tenor break and some juice on the top half dozen hammers. They will work like a charm.    I do at least 6 sets of Yamaha hammers a year.  So yes I know them well and have the scars to prove it.  Ouch that hurt.  <G> Regards Roger At 06:51 PM 9/18/02 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>    Alan, you are absolutely on track. You really have to be familiar with a product line before you can know enough to treat them the same way you did the last set.     That being said, Roger was responding to how he would handle Yamaha hammers. I'd do exactly the same thing with that particular brand while preparing to hang a new set.     But either way, unless you drive needles deep down into and under the crown, what ever mistakes you make can be undone. Deep needling down low on the shoulders isn't going to do any harm, ever, and usually does a great deal of good, IMHO. <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> <dd>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:37 PM <dd>Subject: Re: Voicing <dd>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really know the hammers you were hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I was talked into (only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a Baldwin 6000. Those suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So rather than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do anything until I'd had them in the piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here, or missing vital information? <dd>  <dd>Alan Barnard <dd>  <dd>  </dl></blockquote> </html>