[CAUT] VS Profelt

[Dan Reed]

Jon,

Compared to correcting rock hard hammers with steaming the 
heads/shoulders...not happy with steaming?

Dan

On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Jon Page wrote:

> I pulled the action on the Weber which had rock hard hammers on which
> I saturated the shoulders.  It expanded the hammer and tore the surface
> on the area either side of the crown either side of the bass/tenor 
> break.
>
> I am aggressively filing them to get a good strike surface, it really 
> showed
> up the lack of even layering in the process, the hammers are now a 
> little
> lop-sided. Could it be that all that stiffener helped to shape the 
> hammer
> due to its lack of better construction by binding the layers?
>
> Or maybe the tears came about by aggressive needling either side
> of the crown while it was in its stiffened condition.  In either case,
> I wouldn't try more than a scant amount in the string cut in the 
> future.
>
> Back to filing...
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
> PS The S&S B with VSP lightly on the strike surface is no worse for 
> the wear.
>