Used hammers for upright piano project

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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claudia,
please send me a post so that I can send you some information off list.
Your address for some reason does not go through for me.

Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: Claudia Cimenti=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:14 AM
  Subject: Re: Used hammers for upright piano project


  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.=20

  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


  At 04:48 PM 5/7/2002 Tuesday, you wrote:

    Hello Claudia. I have a complete upright action that I've been =
tripping over in my shop for the past few weeks. It is from a 1920s =
Starr upright (the piano I learned to tune on - or almost anyway). It is =
in good to excellent condition for it age. I'm quite sure the hammers =
have most of their felt.

    I would encourage you to put new hammers on your piano. If the board =
and bridges are in acceptable shape, simply restringing the bass can do =
wonders for an old beater. Soundwise, new bass strings and new hammers =
will often get you 70% or 80% of the way back to how the piano sounded =
80 years ago (what I mean, is biggest bang for the buck).

    If you think you really want to use used hammers, let me know how =
many bass notes your piano has and I'll see what I have.

    What neck of the woods are you located?

    Terry Farrell
    Tampa, Florida
    mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
     =20
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: "Claudia Cimenti" <claudia_cimenti@mail.com>
    To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:52 PM
    Subject: Used hammers for upright piano project


    > Hi,
    >=20
    > I am trying to restore a vintage upright to playing condition, for =
purely=20
    > educational purposes.
    >=20
    > I need to replace the hammers. Most hammers are worn down to the =
underfelt!
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    > I was wondering if someone on this list might have a used set of =
upright=20
    > hammers available that they would want to part with. I really do =
not want=20
    > to spend $130+ for a brand new set of hammers for this old piano =
at this=20
    > point. It would be ok if the hammers are worn, need reshaping, =
have no or=20
    > broken shanks, etc, etc. The striking distance was nearly =
imposssible to=20
    > even guess, but I venture it was 2 3/8 ".
    >=20
    > Please feel fee to Email me personally at claudia_cimenti@mail.com =
if you=20
    > can think of something.
    >=20
    > Thank you very much!!
    > /Claudia
    >=20
    > PS: I hope that with this post I did not overstep the focus of =
this list.=20
    > If so, please accept my apologies. /C
    >=20

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