<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FONT: 10pt = verdana; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; = BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>On this note, in a recent conversation I had = with Wally Brooks, he was commenting on how sets hammers of a given weight (e.g. = 16lb) will vary considerably and to let him know what ultimate hammer weight I was = shooting for so that he could select a set that was heavier or lighter = depending on my need.  More evidence that the lb. designation refers to a range = of actual hammer weight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>David Love</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 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinpiano@msn.com href="mailto:erwinpiano@msn.com">DALE = ERWIN</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> October 15, 2001 8:17 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of = hammers...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Del</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Point well taken. What I do know is that at least = with my particular hammer supplier a 14lb. weight felt on mahog. molding = is lighter than the 16 lb. version which indicates a denser felt. = Yeah I know the wood weight can vary but I've done this a few times and know = what to expect. Know thy hammer supplier.</DIV> <DIV>  Maybe suppliers should refer to there hammers as light = medium and heavy ,at least there would be less confusion....naaaaaaahh</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: = black"><B>From:</B> Delwin D Fandrich</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, = 2001 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of hammers...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </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=erwinpiano@msn.com = href="mailto:erwinpiano@msn.com">DALE ERWIN</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> October 13, 2001 = 12:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of hammers...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Brian</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   The brief answer to your question is = that hammer makers get their bulk sheets of felt from the felt maker = and generally each sheet will generally yield 11 or 12 sets of hammers = when it is sliced up into strips. The weight part comes in as to the = overall weight of those large sheets. So, one of those sheets may weigh 12 = ,14.15,16,18lbs. The important part for you means the higher the = stated weight the denser thus heavier the felt. <HR> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>Not = necessarily. One part of redesigning the Baldwin 743/5 scale (the Hamilton) = included a change from a 9# hammer to a 12# hammer. Shortly after the new = design was introduced a competitor also began advertising a 12# hammer though = to me they didn't look much different than the original. I later found = the competitor has simply increased the size of the sheet of felt they = started with and cut a couple of extra sets of hammers from it. The actual = hammer was unchanged but the brochure specification was changed to = confuse the innocent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>The = specification 12#, 14#, 16#, or whatever is meaningless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 = size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></= HTML>