(a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Go with wally.
Very little work to be done with his assembling the parts, and you putting them on.  ,,,,,,,,,, <G>
Joe Goss RPT
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: piannaman at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:44 AM
  Subject: Re: (a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L


  Hi Paul,

  Thanks for the input.  The shanks and flanges will also be replaced.



  Dave Stahl, RPT
  Dave Stahl Piano Service
  dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
  dstahlpiano.net




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
  To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
  Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 8:28 am
  Subject: Re: (a first for me...) new hammers for 1927 s and s L



  Dave, 

  I rebuilt a '32 Steinway L two years ago and used Wally Brook's (Abel) Natural Felt hammers and everyone (piano faculty) loves it!  His prices for boring and tapering, etc., are also very reasonable.  Otherwise, I'd go with Steinway hammers.  Are the shanks/flanges and knuckles good enough to keep for the whole new life of the hammers? Always think ahead....(why do I know this??? ;>)  ) 

  Paul T. Williams RPT
  Piano Technician 
  University of Nebraska 
  Lincoln, NE 
  pwilliams4 at unl.edu 




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  Liszters,

  I have a customer, who also happens to have a son who's a classmate of my son, who has an old L that's in pretty good shape, except the hammers are shot.  No room for shaping left on them.  But the strings are good, board is good, block is good . It's pretty solid all-round.  So after years of being pretty much strictly a home-service guy, I'm going to jump in and put a new set of hammers on this piano.  It will be the first complete set I've ever replaced.  

  I have had a few suggestions from folks on type of hammer, notably Steinway(sticking with the original, expensive) and Abel (more ready out-of-the-box, cheaper). I like the Ronsen VFGs that are on my Mason, too, but am not sure they'd match up well with the Steinway.   I was assuming that I'd go with Steinway, but I need to ask the customer if authentic Steinway parts are necessary.  Since I'm not tooled up to bore my own hammers, I'll probably get them pre-bored/pre-hung.  

  Any suggestions or input would be welcomed.   

  Dave Stahl, RPT
  Dave Stahl Piano Service
  dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
  dstahlpiano.net 

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