Sohmer grand/Carl

[Dave Davis]

Carl,

With a slight modification and a little practice, you
can shape hammers at the same time.  Thanks for the
tip.

Dave Davis

--- Carl Meyer <cmpiano@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> I spaced the hammer shanks up with a 5 inch  board,
> put an aluminum u
> channel above and clamped with rubber bands.  Then I
> used the front round
> end of a small hand held  belt sander and with a
> quickly learned technique
> with the sander running, allowed the sander to climb
> the tail to shape them
> to the back check.  I used a very coarse belt which
> worked very well.  It
> even corrected the poorly hung hammers. Tails were
> not in line very well.
> 

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