Steinway hammer history

[Robin Hufford]

While at the factory seminar in 1987 I observed hammers being pressed on a
screw press, that has since been replaced,  and was informed it had been
used since the 1890's.   In my opinion the extreme reliance on lacquer on
the part of  Steinway has has been a method used  since the forties and
possibly resulted from the disruption of expertise at the factory during the
period of WWII.  We discussed the difficulty of operating the press, then a
simple screw operated device.  Robin Hufford

Newton Hunt wrote:

> THe early hammers were made in Germany, the later ones here after WW II.
>
>                 Newton