Used hammers for upright piano project

[Farrell]

Good point Jon. Maybe she is even near Wally Brooks. Surely he has a hammer or two lying around! 

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: Used hammers for upright piano project


> At 01:14 AM 5/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi Terry,
> >
> >I'm in Massachusetts.
> >
> >I am sensitive to the fact that I am currently running up quite a bill 
> >getting a bunch of basic tools. Also, I would not mind the practice 
> >reshaping and replacing hammers once before putting on brand-new ones. I 
> >have much to learn.
> >
> >Thanks for the tip about restringing the bass. The stings are indeed in 
> >pretty poor shape. I would rather call them tarnished than corroded, but I 
> >am convinced that does not do well for the tone.
> >
> >The Leland has 85 keys, keys 1-10 are single wound and keys 11-28 are 
> >double wound.
> >
> >Thanks for checking into this. I truly appreciate it.
> >
> >Regards,
> >/Claudia
> 
> Claudia,
> It sounds like you need to attend a few PTG Chapter meetings to meet some 
> techs who can advise you and
> maybe even close enough to drop by and have a look see to advise better.
> 
> Where in Mass. are you?  From my sig file you can see my location (as a 
> matter of netiquette please include
> your location in your signature)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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