Jer writes: Looks are as important as anything else. Otherwise, why line up hammers to look right when replacing them? Or back checks? I don't think looks are all that important,(or they would have locked my up years ago), but they do indicate the care taken in a job. A rebuilder that leaves sloppy, uneven, coils will rarely do a more consistant job drilling the block, at least in my experience.? I like beckets to line up because it leaves the tuning hammer in the same position from pin to pin, facilitating tuning. It also indicates a stringers ability to be consistant, which can show up in how the wire curvature is placed from string to string. ? There is a? lot of aesthetic effort put in restoration, and an even pin field is one way pride is shown.? A worker that has no pride rarely does the best work. ??? As far as hammers and backchecks lining up, those are elements in function, and I do think they are important, even if I allow a mm or so alteration in blow distances between hammers to even out action geometry.? Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091002/a15ff5c4/attachment.htm>
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