HAMMER HANGING JIG, from spurlock

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Ed,

"I like my hammers to be just slightly (may two degrees) distal from
perpendicular to the string, when they are new.  This allows a greater
length of time in which they are within a couple of degrees of exactly 90
degress to....."

I like that idea very much so. I bet you didn't learn that at Newark and
Sherwood College, or did you? (assuming you know about such "centre of
excellence"!)

Regards,

Patrick




> Greetings,
>       Umm,  I don't copy the old hammer's angle, since factory production,
> (even on some very expensive pianos) often allows a less than optimum
> angle.
> Also, on actions with hammers previously replaced , I can't trust the last
> aftermarket job to be correct.
>     I like my hammers to be just slightly (may two degrees) distal from
> perpendicular to the string, when they are new.  This allows a greater
> length of
> time in which they are within a couple of degrees of exactly 90 degress to
> the
> string.  As they wear a little, they come to exactly 90 degrees.  If they
> begin
> at perfection, it is all downhill from there! Seems like I get a longer
> period of use in the optimum zone, this way.
>      Bechsteins, for one, often have dramatic angles on them in the
> treble,
> so I don't make too much alteration to the original unless something else
> is
> too wrong to work with, (rare).
> regards,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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Patrick Hinves Ballesta
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PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.