<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> May 13, 2003 12:23 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wurzen felt</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P> </P>Thanks Del for all that info about hammers. Couple = questions tho. If a given manufacturer is making say three sets of hammers, each with = their own pound rating... can we then not assume that that particular = manufacturers' 18 pounders are heavier then their 14 pounders ? </BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Probably, though not = necessarily. For example, how much sanding has been done after pressing? In the case of = Steinway hammers they are pressed to one shape and sanded to another. How much = felt is sanded off? Who knows? I've seen hammers on a Model D that were smaller = than those on a Model S. </FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT>  <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P>I still wonder about this particular quote <BLOCKQUOTE>"This extraordinary thick felt was used for concert grand = piano hammers, and although splendid results were achieved, the heavy = hammer affected the touch too  much."</BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT><BR>That seems pretty direct = and would indicate the basic idea of heavy weight for tone vs light weight for = touch has been around for a while. I suppose tho in the end this may be like = trying to find out whether or not Bach REAAAALLY used ET or not.. :) = </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Everything is relative. How = thick is "thick?" How heavy is "heavy?" How splendid are "splendid results?" = About the only part of that statement I am sure is true is that heavy hammers do = affect touch, adversely so, for the most part.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>