hammer realignment

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Jay,
Please give more info. Upright or Grand?
Did you remove from action?
Joe goss

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> From: Jay Mercier <jaymercier@hotmail.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: hammer realignment
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:57 PM
> 
> 
> Is there any trick of the trade when realigning hammers after a hammer 
> shank breaks?  I recently fixed a broken hammer shank, eyeballed the 
> alignment, glued the two parts back together and what do you know, the 
> hammer was only hitting the left two unisons instead of all three.  A 
> blow to my self-esteem.  Also, the piano had brass flanges.
> 
> Is this a hit and miss situation?
> 
> Jay
> 
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