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color=#0000ff>Dunno if
anyone remembers the ruined set of Hamamatsu hammers on the Kawai EX =
that I was
dealing with - someone a while ago seriously over-lacquered them, and =
not
evenly, to the point where they couldn't really even be even'd-out with
needling. Soaking in thinner muffled the glass-breaking timbre, but =
didn't
really leave me with what i felt was something worth trying to work =
with. Pretty
much ruined, being as how it's a 9' concert instrument. So I had them =
order a
set of new hammers, and requested they come on new shanks and flanges in =
the
interest of time. Nope, not happening. The lovely new hammers just =
arrived -
heads only. Not a huge deal, really - they're already properly bored, =
tails are
shaped, and I guess ultimately this is probably better. The current =
shanks and
flanges are great. it's just going to mean heat-gunning the current =
ones
and glueing this set on. I've never just *glued* a WHOLE SET of grand =
hammers on
a piano - is there anything special I should look out for? the archive =
just
seems to have info on hanging a new set, new shanks, flanges, and all. I =
was
just going to go one at a time or one section at a time so I'd have a =
guide with
the action out of the piano for hammer angle. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>any other
suggestions?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=210053715-02102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff>thx,
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<DIV><SPAN class=210053715-02102004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>ilex</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=210053715-02102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff>ps - Joe,
you've jinxed my keyboard! now my backspace is crapped out. =
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