Bechstein-restauration

[Newton Hunt]

>PETER KESTENS
>Het Muziekinstrumentenatelier
>BELGIUM
>KESTENS.P@Debcom.be
> To Barrie Heaton,
>
>Could the density of the felt being of any importancy?  The higher it is,
>the more it weights?
>
>

High density felt  is heavier.  It can be made more dense with heat and
pressure, with more felting and with hardeners.

Weigh the hammer by putting the hammer on a gram scale and place the shank
on a knife edge just below the center pin and so that the shank is level.
This gives you the strike weight, that weight that hits the string.  If you
are changing the hammer shanks as well as the hammers you will need to pay
attention to the knuckle location (if it is a regular action) and the hammer
weight.  You can weigh the hammer without the shanks but you must then take
into account the wood removed when the hammer is drilled, tapered and shaped.

I would strongly suspect that the original hammers are light.
        Newton
        nhunt@jagat.com