Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installationFor glue relief, I always 'score' the side of the shank. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia ----- Original Message ----- From: Mccoy, Alan To: CAUTlist Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation Hi Dan, If it were me, I'd bore them deeper for alignment as well as glue relief. Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dan Rembold <d_rembold at yahoo.com> Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:23 -0700 To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation Hi Alan, I think you're right--the new boring is at the correct angle, but not quite as deep as the originals. I'll look at the strike line and adjust hammer shank height accordingly. Thanks, Dan --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu> wrote: > From: Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation > To: "CAUTlist" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 4:34 PM > > > Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation > > > Hi > Dan, > > > > The strike point on the string is really the important > thing. If your hammer line results in hitting the string at > the right place, that is what you want, right? So why is the > strike line on the new set higher than the old set? Are the > new hammers not bored as deeply as the old ones? > > > > BTW, the hammers on Steinway verticals are often not hung > at 90 degrees to the shank (like maybe 87 degrees), and they > are also often hung at the factory so that they overstrike. > > > > > Alan > > > > > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > > Eastern Washington University > > amccoy at ewu.edu > > 509-359-4627 (message Pacific time) > > 509-999-9512 (cell Pacific time) > > > > > > From: Dan > Rembold <d_rembold at yahoo.com> > > Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:38:07 -0700 > > To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > > Subject: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation > > > > > > > > List, > > > > I've got what may be an obvious question. I'm > preparing to install a set of Abel hammers on a Steinway > vertical, and the center lines of the trials are about an > eighth of an inch above the center line of the original > neighbors. Would I do well to shorten the shanks > enough to line up properly, or is there something else > I'm missing. > > > > Has anyone else encountered this? Any help would be > appreciated. > > > > Dan Rembold > > Auburn University > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090717/a2279041/attachment.htm>
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