Hi, Dale. Please do post it, if you can. Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: Erwinspiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 1:43 AM Subject: Re: Steinway hammer Bore Angles Hi Clark I have a list with all the original bore specs that came from a stwy source. There is nothing on it remotely close to this except I believe all bass hammers are 5.5 degrees. The first tenor is probaly 10 degress. I can look tomorrow if you need to know more than this. Dale Hello, Listees! I have a question that I want to ask about the boring angles on Steinway grands. I have a 1904 short A that does not have the original hammers on it, and the ones that are there have barely any angle (Maybe 2 or 3 Degrees). The strings are at a 15 degree angle to the stretcher. I looked up Newton Hunt's posting of published hammer boring specs in the archives, and the only bass hammer angles for S&S that I saw were 5.5 degrees for an L and B, I think. I bored a couple samples at 8, 9, and 1 at 10 degrees, and concluded that 8 would work. Any thoughts on this? I looked at a Baldwin R, next to it, and they looked to be about 10. What do you all use? Clark A. Sprague, RPT csprague4 at woh.rr.com Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations 4721 Parker Rd. Modesto, Calif 95357 Shop 209-577-8397 cell 209-985-0990 http://www.Erwinspiano.com Specializing in the Restoration, Service & Sales of Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, & other fine pianos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060410/80169cf8/attachment.html
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