Hi Julia "Touched in the extremes" means a few drops of lacqure on the crown of the highest 5-8 notes and the lowest 4-5. It is difficult to press an entire set of hammers so that the amount of needling needed to achieve a good voicing is even over the entire set. Usually either they press them all overly much to insure that all are hard enought to begin with, or you end up with the outer extremes being a bit too soft requiring a bit of hardner to beef them up. Making them all "hard enough" generally yeilds a set of hammers that take strenuous effort to needle. The word additive was a general word for whatever hardening agent you choose to use. Cheers RicB >/ , I just know my own ears like hammers that are needled />/ >well, and perhaps slightly touched in the extremes with some additive / Greetings, What is "touched in the extremes" as you mention above? Is this the area of the hammer way way on the sides of the hammer's "bulb" shape or do you mean the area just outside of the "forbidden" 1 to 3mm strike point zone? Also, what "additive" are you referring to? acetone? Thank Youp, Julia Gottshall Reading, PA
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