Pivoting hammer rest rail?

[gordon stelter]

I did an ex-Ampico Chickering that had both una-corda
and hammer rail lifting. The hammer rail was used when
the player system functioned, so that the action was
not moved out of alignment with the pneumatic poppets
pushing on the key undersides. The una corda
functioned when the pedal was depressed during human
playing.  Most grands with hammer rail lifting were
either cheapos, or players.
    Thump

--- Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
wrote:

> At 17:24 10/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >Sorry...  I meant to say the una corda shifts the
> action, but I don't know 
> >if it also lifts the hammer rest rail (moving the
> hammers towards the strings).
> >
> >Say, aren't grand hammershanks not supposed to
> touch the rest rail, 
> >anyway? (About a shank's diameter above?)
> >
> >--Cy--
> 
> 
> Cy,
> 
> There's theory, and then there's practice.
> 
> If you've got a grand with a
> movethehammersclosertothestringslikeanupright 
> soft pedal, (I've got a Mehlin with that feature)
> the hammershanks HAVE to 
> rest on the rail - at least when the pedal is in
> use.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
> Decorah, IA
> 
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