Staples into wood are very primitive technology anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Importance of the staple: was hammer felt (Renner Blues) > > On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 07:17 AM, Farrell wrote: > > > My info from several classes at conventions is that staples are only > > there because "the consumer expects them". > > Maybe. Earlier this summer I came to a Steinway L with a set of Ronsen > hammers less than a year old. The hammer felt had popped loose from one > side of the molding of a single hammer. When I removed the offending > hammer from the action, I found that the staple had been pulled out of > the molding, but that the staple had never been installed properly; the > staple had been bent up and one leg of the staple had never reached the > wood of the molding. It just made me wonder, had both legs of the > staple made it to the wood, would it have been enough to keep the felt > from popping loose? Was it just a coincidence that the felt with the > bad staple came loose? > > Kent Swafford > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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