<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; = BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium = none; FONT: 10pt verdana"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My point exactly. Know your supplier and = communicate your needs to them. That's their business and some do it extremely = well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>12lb,14lb., and 16lb hammer weight labels are = numbers which serve the piano salesman as sales gimmicks more than the rebuilder = making critical geometry decisions.  We need to know the individual weight = of the finished hammer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tom Servinsky,RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net" title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2001 = 11:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Speaking of = hammers...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:erwinpiano@msn.com" = title=erwinpiano@msn.com>DALE ERWIN</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=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="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; COLOR: black; FONT: 10pt = Arial"><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 color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:erwinpiano@msn.com" = title=erwinpiano@msn.com>DALE ERWIN</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title=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 color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" 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 color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" size=3>The = specification 12#, 14#, 16#, or whatever is meaningless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Lucida Sans" = size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQU= OTE></BODY></HTML>