---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 09:18 PM 01/06/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I need to touch up a regulation on a NEW (5 yrs old) Mason Hamlin >grand. I have "The Piano Action Handbook" which lists specs for the >"current Mason Hamlin companies" This book is copyright 1991. > >When did the present M+H company start making these pianos? > >It seems like a nice piano. I'd never seen one before. The hammer line >drops suddenly about half way up the keys. Something's going on for >sure. > >If I'm lucky, key height, dip, and jacks won't need work. I don't work >on a lot of grands..I've only regulated 3 grands. Two of them needed >action bracket replacement. (remember those growing action brackets?). > >What does the sudden change in hammer line say to you old timers? > >Thanks for any and all help. > >-- > >Frank Cahill >Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild >Northern Va > Sagging hammer line = compressing felts Not to worry. Turn the capstans to accommodate, that's what they're there for. Pianotech has a very handy device for setting letoff & drop on site (or shop). Part # TLRG Don't leave home without one, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/da/7a/7b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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