<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <DIV><EM>Keep us posted! If this works, it may be the best news since = saving old blocks with CA -- you'll be almost as famous as the person who first = thought of that! (whoever the heck it was).</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>WOW! Famous! Maybe call it a hammer = toupee?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>What glue did you use? It seems like the relative amount of = "give" among hide, CA, or whatever, could make a performance difference. = </EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Hot hide. It's the perfect choice because of its = kinky qualities. And besides, dogs prefer it 10 to 1.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>Another ponderable ... with the crown gone, I wonder what has = happened to the tension in the shoulders .... greatly reduced for sure. Maybe = some hardener will be necessary to get much sound out of them.</EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Tension, smension. You really think there is any = "tension" in the 90-year-old adjacent unadulterated hammer? But you may be correct = anyway that the tone will be way too soft and some hardener might = help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I'll let you know how bad they sounded.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Keep us posted! If this works, it may be the best news since = saving old blocks with CA -- you'll be almost as famous as the person who first = thought of that! (whoever the heck it was).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What glue did you use? It seems like the relative amount of = "give" among hide, CA, or whatever, could make a performance difference. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Another ponderable ... with the crown gone, I wonder what has = happened to the tension in the shoulders .... greatly reduced for sure. Maybe some = hardener will be necessary to get much sound out of them. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><BR> </DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Never let it be said that I = don't apply bandaids to junk pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Refurbishing an action from = a junk 90-year-old microgrand for a lady. Not going to replace the = worn-to-the-core hammers because of $$. Regulation was a main objective (among many = other things). But I just couldn't give her back her piano with the = entire top octave hammer cores banging onto the strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So........ this is a first for = me......... not necessarily even suggesting its a good idea....... but I did it anyway........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 1 - file flat hammer tops real = flat (I did not remove much felt from these!):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 2 - glue new hammer material = to hammer tips:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 3 - sand/file, first with belt = sander, then with paddle, then shoe-shine to shape (a little out of focus, = but you get the idea):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks like it will work. Don't = know what it will sound like. Gotta be better than wood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>