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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial></FONT>I missed Don's report...I=
start with 60 or 80 garnet paper and usually stop at=
220. </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>David I.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>----- Original message=
----------------------------------------><BR>From: Farrell=
<<A=
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<=
/A>><BR>To: Pianotech <<A=
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec=
eived: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:36:11 -0500<BR>Subject: Re: fine grit=
hammer filing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><BR>Don, I'd hate to think I=
know even one little thing that you don't know,=
but........</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>"For badly worn hammers or removing a=
lot of felt on new hammers I start with 180 or 220 grit=
strips..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess you just haven't seen (or have=
forgotten) BADLY WORN hammers. Some are so bad (we are talking=
old upright played in a Primitive Baptist Church for 50 years -=
think about it!) that I start with a router!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But then, one could argue I'm not really=
talking about pianos...... :-(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There are some ugly things in this=
world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:=
black"><B>From:</B> <A title=donmannino@comcast.net=
href="mailto:donmannino@comcast.net">Don Mannino</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> Friday, November 12,=
2004 3:29 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> fine grit hammer=
filing</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004></SPAN><FONT=
color=#000080>D<SPAN class=572572020-12112004>ave=
wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=572572020-12112004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004>></SPAN> Isn't 1000=
grit about as abrasive as, say, newsprint?</DIV>
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color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Nope,=
quite a bit rougher actually, and it doesn't leave nearly as=
much black ink on the hammers ;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT=
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>I use 600=
grit strips (with plastic tape backing) for final filing when I=
use strips, and a large (4" x 6") paddle with 1,000 grit for=
fine filing. I do not file badly worn hammers with 1,000=
grit usually, of course, but I do for just a single hammer=
sometimes. With</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=
class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080> a large paddle it=
is suprising how much you can cut into the hammers, even with=
very fine grit. For badly worn hammers or removing a=
lot of felt on new hammers I start with 180 or 220 grit strips,=
then finish with 600 or 1,000 grit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>You'll=
just have to try to catch one of my voicing classes. Those=
who have seen one can tell you that I remove quite a bit of felt=
with that 1,000 grit paddle! It's all in balancing=
pressure and speed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Some=
hammers do respond well to rougher grit, so I keep that handy as=
well, in both paddle and strip form. Since I work mostly=
on new or fairly new pianos, though, the large paddle gets used=
probably 90% of the time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT=
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Don=
Mannino RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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