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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who's the rebuilder, Ted? Sounds =
like they
made some rather stupid choices, and/or didn't have a clue as to what =
they were
doing. Often it's hard to try to undo a fundamental mistake, and easier =
to start
over with the correct parts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That being said, you could try taking =
material off
the tails with a Spurlock radius jig, but then you may also have to =
taper the
sides of the hammer. All this adds up to hours, and starts to cost real =
money,
which the customer will feel they shouldn't have to pay for AGAIN. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tsimmons4@cfl.rr.com =
href="mailto:tsimmons4@cfl.rr.com">Ted
Simmons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, =
2004 4:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Heavy hammers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>A piano teacher bought a used Yamaha G3 which had a =
nice touch
before the<BR>rebuilder installed new hammers. Now the =
touchweight is 65
grams and she<BR>and her students are complaining about the heavy
touch. I had a set of<BR>used Yamaha C3 hammers in my shop =
and
substituted a couple of those hammers<BR>for the heavy ones and the
touchweight dropped to 53 grams.<BR><BR>What is the most expeditious =
way to
remove some of the weight from the<BR>hammers? I don't like the =
idea of
using a sandpaper paddle to take that<BR>much weight off; too labor =
intensive
and with today's modern tools there<BR>must be an easier way. =
How would
the list members handle this?<BR><BR>Ted Simmons<BR>Merritt Island,
FL<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech =
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