Cristofori hammers

[Ron Nossaman]

>It (the Cristorofi hammer) ought to weigh "nearly nothing, (or did
>you nearly mean "merely nothing"?)  wasn't it a hollow cardboard
>tube? Or hollow something??  ---ric    (the "i" stands for
>inquiring)

Vellum, I think I've read, and I meant "nearly" nothing. My point being 
that the 10-1 action ratio didn't mean much of anything without taking 
hammer weight into account. Nor was Cristifori's instrument a modern piano. 
Apples and oranges.


Ron N