<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Speaking of hammer filing, something = I read once comes to mind which I don't remember being discussed.  (I'm still = pretty new, so it may have been...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I was lead to believe that the size = of the striking point of a hammer was actually intended to be a function of the = length of the string.  In other words, the "length" of the = striking point would be in some sort of a 'ratio' with the length of the speaking = length of the string. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>As it relates to hammer filing, I = believe it went something like this:  When filing hammers you will likely = never get the high treble hammers 'pointy' enough for an optimal relationship, but = the bass hammers should not be pointy, as the 'point' would serve no useful = purpose tone wise, and would encourage excessive wear on the bass = hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I think that was the general gist of = what I read.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>What do you think?  Is there = something to this concept?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Interesting = discussions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks to all for your perspectives.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Quarryville, Pa.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>