<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;b=
ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>Del</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> &n=
bsp; Point well taken. What I do know is that at least with my particular=
hammer supplier a 14lb. weight felt on mahog. molding is lighter th=
an the 16 lb. version which indicates a denser felt. Yeah I know the=
wood weight can vary but I've done this a few times and know what to exp=
ect. Know thy hammer supplier.</DIV> <DIV> Maybe suppliers should r=
efer to there hammers as light medium and heavy ,at least there would be =
less confusion....naaaaaaahh</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> &nb=
sp; Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT=
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d; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Mes=
sage -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COL=
OR: black"><B>From:</B> Delwin D Fandrich</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt =
Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2001 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style==
"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT:=
10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of hammers...</DIV> <DIV> =
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<B>From:</B> <A title=erwinpiano@msn.com href="mailto:erwinpiano@msn.=
com">DALE ERWIN</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A>=
</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 13, 2001 12:=
11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking =
of hammers...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Brian</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>=
<DIV> The brief answer to your question is that ha=
mmer makers get their bulk sheets of felt from the felt maker and general=
ly each sheet will generally yield 11 or 12 sets of hammers when it is sl=
iced up into strips. The weight part comes in as to the overall weig=
ht of those large sheets. So, one of those sheets may weigh 12 ,14.15,16,=
18lbs. The important part for you means the higher the stated weight the =
denser thus heavier the felt. <HR> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans=
" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida =
Sans" color=#000080 size=3>Not necessarily. One part of redesigning t=
he Baldwin 743/5 scale (the Hamilton) included a change from a 9# hammer =
to a 12# hammer. Shortly after the new design was introduced a competitor=
also began advertising a 12# hammer though to me they didn't look much d=
ifferent than the original. I later found the competitor has simply incre=
ased the size of the sheet of felt they started with and cut a couple of =
extra sets of hammers from it. The actual hammer was unchanged but the br=
ochure specification was changed to confuse the innocent.</FONT></DIV> <D=
IV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV=
> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>The specificat=
ion 12#, 14#, 16#, or whatever is meaningless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT fa=
ce="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FON=
T face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQU=
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