custom hammers

[Alan Barnard]

Looks like they were cut up with a Dremmel or just touched, repeatedly, to the edge of a belt sander.

Raises a broader question: Is it ever really necessary to cut roughness into hammer tails? Don't hammers and backchecks that are in good condition and well regulated check just fine with a fairly smooth tail? 

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 1/10/2008 6:52:28 PM
Subject: custom hammers


>OK all you custom hammer hangers, you've got nothin' on these babies!!

>I took this action in for rebuild, the previous "job" (can you call it that) 
>left a bit to be desired.  I swear, it looks like it had to take four times 
>as long to "checker" these hammers so desperately wrong than to just do it 
>right.  Nice glue collar though, eh?

>;-]

>William R. Monroe
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