[CAUT] what do they look like?

[Kent Swafford]

Here is a an old hammer and its replacement. Hammers get filed so  
much that touchweight can get too light. The set of hammers of which  
the hammer on the left was a part still sounded great when it was  
taken off; but it still needed to be replaced.

Kent


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On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Willem Blees wrote:

> A couple of you have indicated you replace hammers after 3 or 4 years.
> I am sure there is a need to do that, but what I would like to see is
> what those hammers look like.
>
> The chairman of my department is a very nice guy, and very supportive
> of me, but he's a French horn player, and has no clue about pianos. I
> have not had a budget, even though I keep asking him for money to
> replace parts. I have given him a list of needs amounting to over
> $50,000, and although he agrees that there should be money allocated
> to replace parts, as long he personally doesn't see a need, I doubt if
> he will work hard to get me the money I need.
>
> So perhaps a picture, or better yet, an actual hammer that was
> replaced because it was beyond use on a concert or studio piano, he
> might get the "picture". Maybe if he has an idea of what other piano
> tuners are doing, he'll give me some money to do my work.
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
>