I also had a set hung my Wally a while back. I was VERY pleased. Very little traveling, etc. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Lafargue" <lancelafargue@bellsouth.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:43 AM Subject: RE: traveling > I recently had a set hung by Wally and I had very little travel/burning to > do. > Lance Lafargue, RPT > Mandeville, LA > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > lancelafargue@bellsouth.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf > Of Avery Todd > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:19 AM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: traveling > > > Hi Richard, > > At 12:21 PM 02/24/01 +0100, you wrote: > > > >Avery Todd wrote: > > > > > Pris isn't saying that pre-traveling isn't a good way to do it, > > > necessarily. She's only saying that it isn't "necessary" because once > > the hammers > > > are hung, you usually have to go back and do a good bit of traveling > > anyway. > > > >This is fair enough. Question is whether its desirable or not to do it one > >way or > >the other. I suppose in the end thats going to end up being up to the > >individual > > My only thought here is that if the shanks/flanges you're using are going > to need a > good bit of traveling, hanging the hammers first with that method seems > like it > would be a good bit faster. No duplication of effort, i.e. traveling, > hanging, then > having to travel again. And in a factory setting, especially, speed (and > hopefully, > accuracy) :-) would be a big factor, I would think. > > > > . I've bought pre-hung hammers and there is a lot of traveling and > > > burning to do once they are installed, > > > >No argument here... thats one of the reason I never buy prehung hammers. > >Yamaha > >and Steinway included. > > But as slow as I am at hanging hammers, especially on a jig, prehung is > "still" faster > for me. I've only used Wally's and I'm getting ready to install my first > set of prehung > from Yamaha. > > > P.S. Does E for Effort count? :-) > > >Only if its an S.E. :) > > ??????????? S.E.??????? Not familiar with this one. > > Avery > > >Richard Brekne > >RPT, N.P.T.F. > >Bergen, Norway > >mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no > > >
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