traveling

[David Ilvedson]

Hey Paul,

>I took her class at Providence, and the way she does it the hammers are not
>necessarily vertical when first hung.  Rather, they are hung in such a way
>that they become vertical after being traveled, which is the next step.  The
>idea is that it is easier to travel the shanks after the hammers are on them, and
>burning/squaring is minimal.

You she did travel the hammer/shank as per usual with traveling paper not just burning in?  I know it was about hanging hammers quickly...it seems to me that after you then travel the shank you now have a tipped hammer which will need burning in...I'm not sure what the advangtage is.  Traveling shanks without the hammer is very easy but is it a waste of time?  

David I.


>Paul S. Larudee
>
>David Love wrote:
>
>> David:
>>
>> I think she means that after you travel the shanks with the hammers
>already
>> hung, you will have to burn the shanks in order to reorient the hammers
>to
>> vertical.
>>
>> David Love
>>
>> >From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net>
>> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> >To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> >Subject: traveling
>> >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:17:15 -0800
>> >
>> >List,
>> >
>> >I remember a class I (partially) took from Pris Rappaport some years
>ago on
>> >hammer hanging.  She wanted to make a point about not needing to travel
>the
>> >shanks before hanging the hammers.  She purposely shimmed a flange on
>each
>> >student's jig with traveling paper before the class hung their hammers.
>> >Apparently burning in the shanks would do the trick...I still can't
>figure
>> >this out...I can understand burning in the shanks to align the hammers
>but
>> >how does this travel hammers?
>> >
>> >David I.
>> >
>>
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