Graf e Petzold devono molto del loro successo alla loro abilità di garnire i martelli
Only the head of the department was usually allowed to recover hammers made in leather because of the inherent inequality of each piece of leather, mechanically speaking.
Graf and Petzold owe much of their success as a result of their ability to garnish hammers.
in 1826 Pape invents felt for hammers made from rabbit-fur made green with a poison to keep moths away. Soon afterwards French manufacturers steal his idea by making the same kind of felt but without the green poison.. to avoid having to pay royalties to Pape for his patent.
OGGI (1844) il feltro ha rimpiazzato la pelle su tutti i pianoforti, per i numerosi vantaggi....etc.4