I use a pair of electric shank bending pliers available from Schaff. It's kind of a funky tool, but it does the job. I had to work with the "pliers" part of the tool to get them to fit the shanks better. You'll need a rheostat (or if your cheap like me, a dimmer switch) to keep from scorching the shanks. Grab them as near to the bottom as you can. It should only take about 4 seconds or so to get it to lean over the direction you want In the factory they can taper the bottom of the shanks when they are installing the pre-shanked hammers. This gives the installer quite a bit of latitude for lining up to the strings. But if they are already installed, the shank benders seem the next best option. On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <bppiano at aol.com> wrote: > I just recently tuned a piano with brass rails, fully expecting problems, I > brought all my spare brass flange parts. Alas, they're all holding, > however; in the bichord section, well over half on the hammers are only > hitting the left of the two strings. How do I align these hammers? This > family was given this piano from relatives, he's teaches English and a small > liberal arts college here in Colorado Springs. Not a big budget. When you > run across a family that actually uses the piano, it sure gives you a reason > to help them out. > Bruce Pennington, RPT > Colorado Springs, CO > > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090801/d1dc664d/attachment.htm>
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