At Yamaha, I learned how to hold the wire with a wire bending tool and move the backcheck towards the hammer tail, then tipping the back of the tool up, it molds to the tails shape...I don't think I could explain...has to be shown... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Tim Geinert" <geinert at drtel.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Received: 6/2/2006 11:07:09 AM Subject: [CAUT] upright backcheck angle >A couple years ago now, Roger Jolly mentioned that a good backcheck angle on >a grand is 18 degrees back from vertical (along with a few other >conditions). Is there an angle, or relationship to the catcher on a >vertical that is consistently "catchy"? >Tim G
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