> Anything which can cut down the hours would >benefit us all, so you >seasoned vets out there might want to sew on this >thread for awhile. > > Thanks, Eliot Lee > > Does anyone out there know of any reason ( other than cosmetic) why upright hammers are not bored all the way thru. I can remember seeing a few vintage uprights with the hammers bored all the way through the molding. And, I have seen grand hammers that were mounted like most upright hammers, e.i. holes bored into but not thru.... Now, considering all the rules for proper hammer hanging in EITHER grand or vertical installations.... the only difference I see is one of the appearance of the final product. SOOooo. .. Why is it O.K for the end of the shanks to show in a grand, but not in the upright. Boring a through hole in the upright hammer head would make the hanging ever so much easier and faster. Of course, you would only do this when you were also installing new shanks, but as long as the excess shank was neatly trimed,etc. . I've never actually done it this way and can't say that ever will, but I'm just wondering why we hang upright hammers the way we do. Is there a reason? Paul E. Dempsey Piano Tuner/Technician Marshall University Huntington, WV dempsey@ramlink.net
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