> Re arcing the tails to acheive a real radius, rather than a flat spot, will > accomplish wonders..........sometimes. If the tails are short and/or have a flat spot I have used Medium CA to glue on an extra piece of wood to lengthen the tails and to reshape without taking off a lot of wood, which will cause the felt of the lower middle hammers to hang up on the backchecks. I like to rake each shank off the reshape the tail, check the pinning and check the knuckle and check the hammer shape and filing. This is a lot of work but the end result is an action that can perform like it was intended to. Newton nhunt@jagat.com
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