<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>I was trying to figure out how they could get the pressure = needed for <BR>tension in the felt and just how do you clamp all those individual <BR>hammers together without some popping out?   I'd love to = see some <BR>pictures of the process..."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>David,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>If you can get an OLDE Renner catalogue, there are pictures of the process. Of course, = you have to be able to read German to read the = captions.<G></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>I've had a couple of sets of hammers refelted, years ago. My experience is that the = overall tension is less than it should have been. It is basically a "cold" = process. In instances where the hammer moulding is "odd", as in many "antique" type = pianos, this is a viable "restoration" process. = FWIW.<G></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>