C88 Hammer Position

[Farrell]

Hi Ron. Bill Spurlock recommends adding 1/16" shank length for each of the
last five hammers in the low tenor if one wishes to improve damper
clearance. So the last tenor hammer would be only raised 5/16". I see
another post that indicates Mr. Spurlock recommends adding 1/8" per hammer -
I got my info from the instruction sheet he mailed me with my new Spurlock
hammer hanging jig.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: C88 Hammer Position


> >This original hammer line
> >was straight, but I plan on raising the last few tenor hammer to
accommodate
> >longer dampers. Do you know of any trouble with this design? Thanks
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Raise them how much? The strike point change probably won't make a whole
> lot of difference that low in the scale, but it wouldn't hurt to dry fit
> test it first and determine that before it's glued in.
>
> Ron N