<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 31, 2003 = 10:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hammer shapes and symmetry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR>I was<BR>able to observe pianos go from having a raw, but = potentially wonderful,<BR>sound just before pounding deteriorate to dull thudders = after pounding. The<BR>only thing that would bring them back up was to sand = off the top layers of<BR>felt--spoiling that nice shape--or applying a liberal = quantity of juice.<BR>The solution of choice was the solution. But the = sound was never the same<BR>again. The dynamics were lost in the solution. = (Sorry about that...)<BR>>     On a lacquer soaked = hammer, there seems to be little difference in<BR>the<BR>> tonal range due = to shape.<BR>Sadly, considering what has been lost, I = agree.<BR>Del<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Pounding?  You mean pounding the felt to = harden it?  Or the pounding of pitch raising and tuning? </DIV> <DIV>    --David Nereson, RPT<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>