<html> <font size=3>At 08:45 AM 01/21/2000 -0400, you wrote:<br> <snip><br> >     So I wish I had the magic treatment, exactly the same for each<br> >hammer so I could bring them to the concert tone I want like in one step,<br> >treating them all alike so there would never be the inherent unevenness<br> >of response.   I wish for a consistent magic method, i.e. x number of<br> >drops of y plus n number of stabs at points b and c with a template of<br> >size for each hammer, with yielding more consistent results.<br> ><br> >-Mike<br> >Born and raised among the instant gratificationist generation.<br> <br> <br> A good place to start is to have the hammer weight graduated making a smooth<br> line when plotted on a graph. This is accomplished with a gram scale.<br> Dave Stanwood has the info on this.<br> <br> Weighing the Strike Weight of the shanks is helpful also, you'd be surprised to<br> discover as much as 7 different weights within a set ranging from 1.5gr to 2.1gr.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> </font><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>