At 01:42 PM 8/15/96 -0800, you wrote: >List, > I will be restringing a piano soon. Will the strike point change >with the new strings? I am still waiting for the strings to arrive. Can >I go ahead and change the hammers now using the old ones as a reference >or do I need to wait until after it has been restrung? > >Ron Shiflet, RPT >Ron_and_Lorene@Juno.com Dear Ron, Unless you move the plate, the strike point should not change when you restring. Do take into consideration that the new hammers will probably have a longer strike distance (from the middle of the shank to the tip of the crown), since the old hammers are presumably worn down a bit. Thus, if the new hammers are glued up at the same point, and with the same angle, the strike point will move back a bit from the capo. Charles Charles Ball School of Music University of Texas at Austin
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