Hi Steven, Yeah, it's a mystery about the remarkably good shape of the knuckles--I check them all. I've followed the tech who "took care" of this piano before. He has some sort of odd ideas. It's hard to tell exactly what he did. But, I can tell what he "didn't." :-) About the hammer shape, well, I've seen it before, but usually one thinks of it being associated with loose centers--these are too tight. I guess how it wears depends on the hammer felt itself. I hope the snow is gone soon, too. Today, it was 31 degrees with sunshine. It's been such a cold and gray winter, that it felt like spring! Let me know when you are in town--though there is one week next month when I'll be out of town. Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Hopp" <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:17:54 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1 Barbara, Am I not seeing this correctly? From the condition of the one knuckle which looks pretty good those hammers look like you know what... It almost looks like somebody sawed them off they are so evenly worn. Maybe I've just not seen enough of the action. Sorry I can't answer your questions but I just had to comment and say hello. I'll be in your neck o the woods next month. Hope the snow is gone. =). Best wishes on this project, Steven Hopp Midland, TX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100227/2ab45f4a/attachment.htm>
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