[pianotech] strike line

[Russell Gordon]

Thanks for the help.

John, could you please go into a little more detail / rationale about  
your method? I've always gone off of a set of dimensions for note #1  
that I got many years ago from Steinway, but of course neither the A  
or the C is listed.

Russell

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> >>Does anyone have agraffe to strike dimensions for note #1 on a  
> Steinway C and an 85 note A (both around 1890)?
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> The A should be close to 152 mm. But these things vary on handbuilt  
> pianos.
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> Ed Foote RPT
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> If you measure from the front of the front rail to a point 3.5 mm  
> into the speaking length of note A-85 and then measure that distance  
> at a right angle from the rail to a point on string A-1, that should  
> touch the strike line, I think.
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> JD
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