<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I always bore hammers after filing.  Steinway hammers have had = a problem with adequate molding length to insure that after boring there = is still a 1" tail.  Heavy removal of felt off the crown of the hammer = shortens the overall length of the hammer compounding the problem.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rbrekne@broadpark.no = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">Richard Brekne</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> September 28, 2001 12:43 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unlacquered = S&S hammers: was Re: Tensioned hammers and "the staple"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>David Love wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT size=-1></FONT> <FONT = size=-1>  I have, in the past, attempted to use their hammers without lacquer, = but I found that in order to get enough tone I had to remove so much felt = that it created other problems (tail length in particular).</FONT><FONT size=-1></FONT> <P>Huh ??? er... what does removing felt have to do with tail = length... ?... or are we talking Bunnies here ?</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>