In a message dated 9/28/2010 7:51:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, stanwood at tiac.net writes: After an appropriate number of stabs I limber up the fibers to bring up the resiliency and work out any knots in the felt mass using the pean end of a 2oz ball pean hammer. I support the tail with a wood block and hammer away at the crown. It's non destructive and simulates playing in the hammers for a few months in a matter of seconds. I've been doing this for a couple of years now and have been sharing the method with my associates and it can work miracles on certain types of hammers David: Interesting that. I've been using a variety of hammers over the years to "stabilize" the felt after needling. Everything from small peens to the pointy end of upholsterer's tack hammers. It's incredibly fast and long-lasting. Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100928/07d7554c/attachment.htm>
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