bass hammers sound "tubby" when played

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

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Julia,
That is more likely to be the strings.  There is a discussion further back 
in the archives about removing the strings, wrapping them about a glass 
coke bottle to break the crud and washing them with acetone/or 
other.  General consensus was that for a permanent fix, new strings last 
longer.

Hearing more than my share of old tubby base strings,
Andrew

At 03:05 PM 4/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>greetings,
>
>             When the bass hammers of a particular turn of the century 
> upright are played they sound "tubby", a very "round" dull sound. Would 
> these hammers be a candidate for hardening solution or is it the strings' 
> quality? I think it is the hammers because the bass hammers have hardly 
> any grooves and show little wear.
>Suggestions?
>
>Julia Gottchall,
>Reading, PA

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