[pianotech] First hammer job - considerations

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Greetings,
 
        No pun intended but: It just  "struck" me today that I never 
installed hammers for a paying  customer.
 
         I was called to evaluate  the condition of a Steinway console, and 
told the perspective buyer it's going  to need new hammers in the next couple 
years or so. ...The last time I  installed hammers was 5 years ago in 
tuning/tech school. 
 
        I am  thinking: wwwelllll....I have needled and needled my Yamaha U3 
and I  still remaining is this ear piercing underlying  tone... SO... perhaps 
I should install my  own set before I attempt for a paying customer. I am just 
 looking down the road at this job inevitably dead ahead.
 
         My post has a 2 fold  purpose: 1. Sharing with new techs that this 
inevitably will happen to  you and 2.  Asking for any thoughts of the  
experienced. 
 
Thank you
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA  
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