---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Terry, In the situation you describe, I usually remove the hammers and arc with the Spurlock jig. Either take every other hammer, so you can re-space to the neighbors, or make a mylar tracing of the string grooves. Why won't your hammer/shank assembly fit in the jig? At Nashville, Guy Nichols showed a method for doing it without disassembly: clamp a section of shanks (Spurlock shank clamp or equivalent), and arc with disc sander. Much quicker, if you're confident in your ability to make a usable arc without sanding away some other part of the action <G>. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Farrell To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: 11/3/2004 12:26:54 PM Subject: Tail Arcing Anyone have any slick methods for arcing hammer tails on a set that are already mounted on their shanks? I have, use, and like the Spurlock tail arcing jig, but the hammer/shank assembly will not fit into the jig. This work is being done on an older good condition Baldwin grand action that someone installed new hammers a few years ago, but did not arc the tails. They are kinda squared-off. They do not check well and they are attacking the new backchecks. The piano owner is not interested in a new action, but rather to just try and make this one work reasonably well. Thanks for any suggestions. Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/62/2e/9e/d9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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