>>Left to right string height, measured at each break. >>Bass 8&1/16" to 8&1/8" Tenor 7&13/16 to 7&7/8 "alto" 7&7/8 to 8" >>treble (across the break) 7&15/16" to 7&7/8" Looks like the plate is 1/4-3/8" too high. >> >>Hammer Bore: bass 2&3/16" tenor 1&13/16" to 1&3/4" Stock hammer don't fit >> >>Hammers were sanded and polished, presuming circa 1/16 to 3/32 wear >> >>hammer tail length measured from center of shank to tail bass 1&3/16" >>tenor up 1&1/16 Nice tail length >> >>hammer shank flange center pin height 5&13/16" consistent >> >>wippen center pin height 3&5/16" HCH can be anywhere between 5 5/8" and 5 3/4", yours is already 1/16" higher >> >>action spread 4&3/8" Rick Baldassin recommends 112.75 mm which is 4.439 (yours is 3.375) >> >>drop screw clearence below pinblock & stretcher >=5/32" >> >>hammer blow distance varying from 2&1/16" to 1&15/16" in high treble A far cry from 1 3/4 or 1 7/8 for a D >> >>key dip is 7/16" .437, yeah that's deep Best to start over, completely :-) Or start by placing a sandpaper strip above the wippen screw to tip the flange center back. Longer hammer fer shur, I'm working on a 90's M where the action spread is 4.375 on A0 and 4.440 on C8. I'm placing a double thickness of sandpaper in the bass and tenor and possibly one strip in T 1 & 2. I have to check the first note in the top treble section for spread. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100305/40e26d99/attachment.htm>
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