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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There’s a piano in the shop =
now with
an entire set of hammers covered as Mike has described. The =
original
(wool) hammers are badly worn, but reshaped before the leather covers =
were
installed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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worn-to-the-wood hammers</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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once knew a
Romanian tech recover the old hammers – on TOP of the old felt =
–
with calf skin. That seemed to work! He just glued it at the ends =
– on
the shoulders. I’d be inclined to reshape them beforehand though! =
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> &nbs=
p; A
gallon a gas, a nice cool evening, a match a kimball & some
marshmellows. That'll fix bout anything.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Flamesuit on. <img width=19 height=19 =
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When hammer felt is worn through to the wood, what can be done, short of
replacing the hammers with new ones, to restore some semblance of tone =
quality?
</span></font><strong><b><font color=black face=Geneva><span =
lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Geneva;color:black'>This is an old =
Kimball</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 color=black face=Geneva><span lang=EN-GB =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Geneva;color:black'> owned by a family on a budget, and not =
a
candidate for replacing the set of hammers. <br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for your advice,<br>
Tom Sivak<br>
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