rebuilding decisions

[David Ilvedson]

"Scylia" of the belly..."Charbydis" of the V-bar....?

David I.



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From: J Patrick Draine <draine@comcast.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:44:50 -0400
Subject: Re: rebuilding decisions


>On Oct 3, 2004, at 12:49 PM, Andrew & Rebeca Anderson wrote:

>> You mentioned that the treble hammers are catching on the plate.  
>> There usually is some adjustment in the placement of the action.  
>> Often very little adjustment is needed to free them up.

>Some manufacturers (Chickering especially comes to my mind) leave very 
>little space between the Scylla of the belly rail and the Charbydis of 
>the V-bar/agraffe arrangement. Overcentering of extremely worn treble 
>hammers can certainly result in hammers hanging up on the V-bar. First 
>try replacing one of the offending hammers with one of the proper bore 
>length (i.e. with a proper amount of felt at the striking point). You 
>may find that it works perfectly where the worn ones jam against the 
>plate.

>Patrick Draine

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