Hi all,  I have a Mills Violano piano action I am restoring for
a customer.  The catcher and hammer butt leather is all but gone,
but it still plays.  The customer has adjusted the hammers to
about a 1-inch blow distance because the hammers are so hard and
loud they are totally obscuring the violin.  They are original
and have been played a lot.

The question is, what kind of hammers do you recommend that will
be like the originals when they were new?  Thanks for your advice.

Steve Grattan - Lost Chord Clinic
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