The Steinway Technical Manual (available from Steinway) has a drawing illustrating the proper shape of a Steinway hammer. The illustration shows a bass, tenor, mid treble and high treble hammer. It's a useful manual if you are going to be working on Steinways regularly. The shape, as Ed Foote suggests, is more like the small end of an egg, albeit a slightly pointy one. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Bec and John <bjsilva001@comcast.net> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 7/14/2004 3:56:45 PM > Subject: Steinway hammer shape > > Hi, > > I read a post from a while back where someone was talking about > reshaping/filing/etc. a Steinway hammer "the way Steinway says to", or > something to that effect. However, they didn't describe what that way > is. > > Over the past week or so, I'm seeing (hearing) that my piano's hammers > need reshaping, and before I go about that I thought I'd ask if anyone > knows what the "Steinway" shape is supposed to be. > > Also, the highest hammers have deep grooves in them and I didn't want > to file them too much in order to remove the grooves, but soft pedal > usage makes the tone "disappear" (the un-grooved spots are soft). How > much filing can be done on those highest hammers? > > Thanks. > > - John > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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