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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don, I'd hate to think I know even one little =
thing that
you don't know, but........</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>"For badly worn hammers or removing a lot of =
felt on
new hammers I start with 180 or 220 grit strips..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess you just haven't seen (or have =
forgotten) BADLY
WORN hammers. Some are so bad (we are talking old upright played in a =
Primitive
Baptist Church for 50 years - think about it!) that I start with a
router!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But then, one could argue I'm not really talking =
about
pianos...... :-(</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There are some ugly things in this =
world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donmannino@comcast.net =
href="mailto:donmannino@comcast.net">Don
Mannino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 12, 2004 =
3:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> fine grit hammer =
filing</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004></SPAN><FONT =
color=#000080>D<SPAN
class=572572020-12112004>ave wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
class=572572020-12112004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004>></SPAN> Isn't 1000 =
grit about as
abrasive as, say, newsprint?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Nope, =
quite a bit
rougher actually, and it doesn't leave nearly as much black ink on the =
hammers
;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>I use 600 =
grit strips
(with plastic tape backing) for final filing when I use strips, and a =
large
(4" x 6") paddle with 1,000 grit for fine filing. I do not file =
badly
worn hammers with 1,000 grit usually, of course, but I do for just a =
single
hammer sometimes. With</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080> a large paddle it is =
suprising
how much you can cut into the hammers, even with very fine =
grit.
For badly worn hammers or removing a lot of felt on new hammers I =
start with
180 or 220 grit strips, then finish with 600 or 1,000
grit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>You'll =
just have to
try to catch one of my voicing classes. Those who have seen one =
can tell
you that I remove quite a bit of felt with that 1,000 grit =
paddle! It's
all in balancing pressure and speed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Some =
hammers do
respond well to rougher grit, so I keep that handy as well, in both =
paddle and
strip form. Since I work mostly on new or fairly new pianos, =
though, the
large paddle gets used probably 90% of the time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=572572020-12112004><FONT color=#000080>Don =
Mannino
RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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