[CAUT] Hammer Alignment

[Wimblees at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/06 10:00:51 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
garym at PIANOSERVICE.BIZ writes:

Wim,  


I'm sure it gets warmer than 120 degrees. Just think about it. It gets  
hotter than 120 degrees in a car on a hot day in summer in Kansas, but I have  
never been able to twist a hammer under those circumstances.


If you are only moving the hammer 1 or 2 degrees, why take the chance?  Just 
twist the shank. If the Rappaports do it, then there must be something to  
it...


Sincerely,


Gary Mushlin, RPT



Here is another "twist", (no pun intended), on this subject. Yes, wood  
molecules can be changed by heating them, like rib stock and rims. But when it  is 
done in the factory, the wood is heated and clamped into a new shape,  and set 
there for several hours before the clamps are removed. When we burn a  shank, 
all we are doing is temporarily heating a shank and twisting it for a few  
second before letting go. Is this changing the molecules long enough to  
permanently change the configuration for ever?
 
Wim  
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