<!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><FONT size=2>Del:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Do you actually find that you can get enough tone = out of an unlacquered S&S hammer, especially from the 5th octave up?  I = would be interested to know what your method is.  Do you remove lots of felt = from the top?  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></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></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=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</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 27, 2001 8:35 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tensioned hammers = and "the staple"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=tompiano@gate.net href="mailto:tompiano@gate.net">Tom = Servinsky</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 27, 2001 1:46 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tensioned = hammers and "the staple"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Del,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Have you had any problems with the Renner hammer = ( non-stapled) pulling apart in high humidity regions. In S. Florida I = have had 5 sets that we installed pulled apart. Obviously the problems = were in the low tenor and bass and not the top 1/3 of the piano, which I'm = assuming is why you stop where you do. I too have found that the reduction in = touch weight far outweighs any concerns for separation in that portion of = the instrument. But as a safe-guard for me, wires throughout the rest of = the piano are mandatory.<BR>Tom Servinsky,RPT <HR> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Tom, </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I haven't used Renner hammers for years. = They are far to hard and dense for anything we do. It would be impossible to = soften them enough using any technique known to the modern world. We use = unlacquered Isaacs and unlacquered S&S hammers with a few unlacquered Ronsen's = thrown in from time to time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT = size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>