Hi Paul, On a concert piano we try change out hammers every three years, and shanks/flanges with every second set of hammers. So, every six years or so we give the back-checks a good look. On some pianos it's much easier to replace the heads rather than heads/wires. Either way, if you're using after-market parts, be sure the parts you order match the original wire/hole sizes. Best regards, Mark Cramer, RPT Brandon University _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: April 28, 2009 10:30 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Backchecks? Paul: When concert grand backchecks start to look iffy I replace them. A backcheck with a tear will really mess up a performance. Bachchecks are expensive, but not that expensive! In other situations a failure is not as disastrous but in the recital hall it's embarrassing. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:19 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] New Backchecks? To cc Subject New Backchecks? Hi all, How often do y'all replace your backchecks on concert grands? Where is the cut-off point? One of our D's is getting new hammers and an action overhaul this summer. The BC's are looking a bit tired, but no cut-throughs on the leather. Some in the middle are getting pretty thin. I think Richard West told me the action was "completely"(?) rebuilt about 15 years ago and it gets a lot of use for recitals and rehersals all school year long. It's a 1980 Sty D. The BC's might even be original and not part of the stack rebuild. Richard, are you checking out e-mails this morning? Thanks all. Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090428/fea9ea42/attachment.html>
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