List: I am installing a set of hammers on a Hamburg Steinway D (1972). The customer wants to maintain the same character as the original so I am using a factory set of hammers. Though I am very familiar with Renner Blues, Abel, NY Steinway hammers, etc., I don't believe that I have ever worked up a set of HS hammers out of the box. My question has to do with overall technique including the preneedling techniques. My research suggests that such heavy needling is required prior to installation because the hammer is so hard that a caul is used to support the hammer during this process. I recall reading an article in the journal a year or two back where a European concert tech described starting his pre needling below the staple!!! (Seemed a bit excentric.) And by the time he was done, the hammer was so mishapen that it required considerable reshaping. I would appreciate any comments or directions to any good literature on this particular hammer. Thanks, David Love _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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