reducing hammer weight

[David Nereson]

Yes.  Steinway has done this.  I've seen hammers in the top octave of old Steinway uprights where holes had been drilled by the factory to, I assume, reduce the weight.  What else would they be for if all the others aren't also drilled?  The holes are drilled horizontally thru the molding on the near side (toward the player) of the shank hole.  
    --David Nereson, RPT 
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