<html><div style='background-color:'>>Subject: Re: Speaking of hammers... <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:57:54 EDT <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>In a message dated 10/16/2001 10:48:57 AM Central Daylight Time, <DIV></DIV>><A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> writes: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > As a start perhaps the manufacturer could weigh just those hammers he <DIV></DIV>> > intends to be #1, #30, #60 and #88 and correlate those into Stanwood's <DIV></DIV>> > curves. If the manufacturing tolerances are reasonable random samples might <DIV></DIV>> > well be sufficient. At this point, I'd be really happy with just that. <DIV></DIV>> > Though we'd still be some distance from ideal at least it would be one <DIV></DIV>> > small step in the right direction. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>>Would these be pretapered, coved, what about the tail? I am afraid there are <DIV></DIV>>too many variables to do anything here however great the need. While those <DIV></DIV>>here in this discussion may be willing to pay a little extra for their <DIV></DIV>>hammers if this information were made available, I fear the demand would not <DIV></DIV>>be large enough for the manufactures to bother with. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Speaking of knowing your hammer maker, I just installed my first set of <DIV></DIV>>Isaac's hammers. WOW! That is the sound I have been looking for all along. <DIV></DIV>>I had gotten sick and tired of trying to soften these steel reinforced wire <DIV></DIV>> <P>Andrew,</P> <P>My suggestion to hammer makers is to take the average of a cluster of three hammers around note #16,#40, and #64 .   This gives a very good indication of weight level in the area that is most played.  It's not hard to make an estimate of shaping and boring and tapering.  Wally Brooks provides very good hammer weight information for his hammers.</P> <P>So would you care to share the weight stats on the Isaac hammers? Levels?</P> <P>David C. Stanwood</P></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>