Well, that was sort of my original question with beginner answers from Joe...I haven't had any succes leveling the strings with normal (Don Mannino tool) methods....BUT...I haven't tried more force (no info on that forth-coming). I haven't tried pulling down on the high string (action removed...no comments/info forth-coming...just "level the strings then fit hammers"... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Original message From: "Scott Jackson" To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 3/27/2009 7:29:54 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] agraffe leveling Joe, Dampers are in newcondition. Actually not the damping that is the problem, but the out-of-phase strings caused by the poor mating of hammers to strings. If the strings just cannot be leveled by lifting, how much can you file a hammer before it causes another problem? Scott J ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe And Penny Goss To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] agraffe leveling Hi Scott, Could have someone trimmed these dampers to eliminate whoosh? Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Jackson To: David Ilvedson ; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] agraffe leveling I have a Samick like that. I have never gotten the bi-chords properly leveled. So just how much angle can you put on a hammer face without upsetting something else? Scott Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ilvedson To: caut at ptg.org ; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 3:05 AM Subject: [pianotech] agraffe leveling I was attempting to level the strings on a newer Yam C6 the other day. According to Goss's leveling device, all the tenor agraffes were way off. I tried pulling up the left string to level but couldn't make enough of a difference. A bad batch of agraffe drilling? I guess in this situation you have to fit the hammer to what you've got? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090327/84a64ea9/attachment.html>
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