overlooking the obvious

[Gregory Torres]

Ralph,

I believe these type of things happen to everyone more often than we like to
admit. :-)

Regards,
Greg Torres


Ralph Martin wrote:

> Hi list
> I hope you folks don't do the following as often as I:
> I took an action out of an Emerson(?) grand to the shop. Hammers wouln't
> even swing once, no after touch and hammer shanks resting on the rest felt.
>
> I freed all the hammer centers fairly easily and began working on regulation
> on this action that had been "rebuilt" about 7 years previously. I drove
> myself bonkers for about an hour tring to get sufficient hammer strike
> distance with no success whatsoever.
>
> Finally I measured from hammer flange center to key bed, looked at the
> string height...and it dawned on me! The wrong hammers had been installed.
> The bass hammers were bored incorrectly. I should have seen this right
> away...but I overlooked the obvious while "chasing a rainbow".I get very
> aggrevated with myself when I overlook something like this after all these
> years.
>
> maybe it's senile dementia ?
>
> Ralph Martin