Hmm... You dont really force the choice either.. but opt for adjusting the rake then... I suppose I should have also mentioned that you have to take as given the hammer must be on a 90 degree rake. What would you choose then ?? Shank parallel to the key bed or hammer hitting the string at 90 degrees ? RicB Bill Ballard wrote: > At 8:47 PM -0800 1/21/03, David Love wrote: > >Ric B: > > > >Just for the record, why would you have to choose (except in the situation > >I mentioned)? Under ordinary circumstances, you could simply bore the > >hammers and adjust the rake so that the shank was parallel to the keybed > >and the hammer was 90 degrees to the string, even if you had varying string > >heights. > > I use a small 1" square of 1/8" plexiglass, drilled perfectly square > to the surface, for a #20.5 center pin. Turn this upside down, put > the now-downwards center pin next to the strings on C8. Slide the > action in, on which you've dry-fitted the new hammers to the shanks, > and are now gluing #88 in place as a guide. Hammer #88 has a > center-line mark on its side. Cock the hammer as needed to make its > center line parallel to the center pin on the plexiglass square. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > > "I gotta go ta woik...." > ...........Ian Shoales, Duck's Breath Mystery Theater > +++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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