Touchweight Metrology Question

[Jon Page]

At 08:02 AM 5/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Unfortunately, this piano appears to have new Yamaha hammers on it. But 
>they are not tapered, or arced. Friction in the hammer-shank flanges is 
>all over the place. Is it reasonable to try the water/alchohol thing to 
>shrink-size the bushings before repinning the whole shebang? I wish the 
>hammers and knuckles were more worn, then it would be easy to recommend a 
>new top half of the action.

While the hammers are off the rail to taper and arc, file and repin.

Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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