Reinforced Hammers, was hammer advice

[gordon stelter]

"Reinforced" refers to the lacquer applied at the rear
of the shoulders. The staples are to help keep the
felt from peeling off the wood moulding in humid
climates, when the glue fails. ( As it did all over
Hawaii !!! Spring clamps and Titebond II to the
rescue. )
     Thump

--- Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Would someone with a gob of rebuilding experience
> please be kind enough to
> comment on the term "reinforced" as applied to piano
> hammers. I have been
> working on the assumption that it means ...
> 
> A) Dyed inner-felt to look like a few hammer makes
> that actually used a
> different felt, glue, or process on the inner layers
> (was it Steinway?)
> 
> B) Staples or wires were added to give showroom
> Sideshow Bobs a "feature" to
> point out. ("Our Crapiola Spinets have 9-ply pin
> blocks; that's more than a
> Steinway concert grand has! And look, our exclusive
> Tinkle-Tone Soundboard
> is also 9-ply. You won't find that in any other
> piano, at any price!")
> 
> And don't those staple holes just create a weak
> point in the wood? Frankly,
> if the felt-to-molding glue bond is going to fail,
> I'm not impressed that
> the sorry hunk of moth bait is still hanging on by a
> staple.
> 
> Am I nuts or is the above correct? Oh, wait, that
> may not be an "or"
> question.
> 
> Alan R. Barnard
> Sounding & Signing Off in Salem, MO. G'night.
> 
> 
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