reducing hammer weight

[Will Truitt]

Coming, William.  I just got my digital camera a day ago.  It was the
floggings from Barbara that pushed me over the edge....

Will Truitt

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:48 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: reducing hammer weight

Thanks David (Ron, Ed),

Yes, I've done a couple samples and the difference is fairly small.  An 1/8"

hole yields a net reduction in weight of about 1.5g.  Probably my biggest 
difficulty is that these hammers are already hung.  Waiting for Will Truitts

photos.............  ;-]

William R. Monroe



> You will not be able to reduce the weight that much by drilling holes.
> Depending on the set and the overall size of the hammer and the density of
> the molding, reducing note 40, for example, by 1 gram requires a full 
> taper
> from end to end on both sides.  You can get proportionately more on larger
> hammers and less on smaller hammers.
>
> David Love