hammer realignment

[John Ross]

Hi Jay,
I find it better to replace the shank. It seems to me to be more proffessional and it
will
not give a future problem.
Regards,
John m. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jay Mercier wrote:

> 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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