This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David I asked: "I was trying to figure out how they could get the = pressure needed for=20 tension in the felt and just how do you clamp all those individual=20 hammers together without some popping out? I'd love to see some=20 pictures of the process..." David, If you can get an OLDE Renner catalogue, there are pictures of the = process. Of course, you have to be able to read German to read the = captions.<G> I've had a couple of sets of hammers refelted, years ago. My experience = is that the overall tension is less than it should have been. It is = basically a "cold" process. In instances where the hammer moulding is = "odd", as in many "antique" type pianos, this is a viable "restoration" = process. FWIW.<G> Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b3/49/42/53/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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