>If it is the top 4 or 5 hammers, you can use buckskin. File down the hammers >almost to the core, glue one side, let dry, then stretch over to the others, >glue and then clamp tight. You can do some reshaping of the buckskin, but the >most effect is that you get restore some of the tone and save the customers >money until he or she can afford to have a new set of hammers installed. > >Dave Peake, RPT >Portland, OR I have done an entire treble section with buckskin on an upright piano. Supertone(d) the buckskins, then filed, fitted, & voiced to blend with the rest of the piano. Turned out just great. That's one customer that won't have any reason to buy new hammers. Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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