[pianotech] Unknown hammers

[Paul T Williams]

It's scary how many "tooners" just file the hammers off flat!  Over and 
over!  These pics I'm seeing, as well as miserable excuses for pianos I've 
seen just jimmied or "adjusted"  really frightens me on how many 
"hack-tooners" there are in the world. We all see them.

It's sad to see that so many pianos that were probably semi-good to decent 
got destroyed by poor tech care!  Wouldn't the original shape of the 
hammer give someone a clue that it's the proper shape!! Come on.  Morons! 
why file them flat???!!!  A quick buck is all I see from this kind of 
work. with absolutely no training or research at all.  What a shame!

Paul





From:
Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
10/01/2010 03:11 PM
Subject:
[pianotech] Unknown hammers



Interesting how varied the guesses are.  If I ever find out, I'll let you 
know.  In the meantime, I'll put some on and see how they sound.  If I 
don't like 'em, I'll get some ronsens or something.

Have a good weekend!

-Zeno Wood

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