<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>'Twas but a jest. I actually have a piano in mind that is going to get the same treatment. <G></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> 11/10/2005 5:31:07 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hammer Rebuilding - In A Pinch - Phase II</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><EM>"this hammer will NOT pass the Technical exam"</EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I wouldn't find that surprising. But please keep in mind that these hammers do not meet the minimum criteria for use in a piano to start with - they are old, excessively/poorly filed in the past, and really need to be replaced. The budget would not allow hammer replacement. My objective was to eliminate the full one-inch contact surface and produce something closer to the egg-shape in the contact area and not worry about the shoulders of the hammer - again, because so much felt had been removed/worn from these hammers over the life of this piano, I wanted to leave as much weight as possible - and a $50 improvement was much more in line with my client's thinking rather than a $1K hammer replacement job.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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"><BR> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>We allas incourage new idears, and we bin totally with ya up 'til now, good buddy, but ah'm koncerned the butter mighta just slid offen your noodle quite a bit, this time ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In any event, this hammer will NOT pass the Technical exam -- unless you first convince the examiner to try that new method of using alcohol on hammers. You know, where ya drink it first and then apply liberally to the action with an even back and forth spray. I believe that tecknique arigionated in New Awlins, Lousyana, or maybe that's how folks does it up there in Saskspittoon, Suskafrashawan, Canabeer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Might be wrong, it happened once before ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>