[CAUT] Hammer Alignment

[Keith Roberts]

Very Interesting.
If it was bass hammers I'd say it was the torque from the angle of the
hammer.
A heat source from one side like a lamp could cause a twist in the same
direction.
Maybe the shanks need to be seasoned in a cellar for five years,.,.,.,.,
It's the way they mill them that causes them to twist in the same direction?
The sample isn't large enough to see the twist the other way??

Keith Roberts



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:02 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment


> Is it just me or am I crazy but I've noticed a misalignment
> of hammers after a year or two.  By this I mean that the
> hammer has leaned towards the treble such that it requires
> re-setting.  Angled too much for burn-in.
>
> Could it be that the shanks develop a twist, warping
> in a clockwise rotation as viewed from the front?
> Gravitation whiplash from the rotation of the earth?
>
> The travel is not the culprit. When installed, they were dead on.
> I've noticed this developing more so on Renner shanks than Abel.
> It's disconcerting to find your laborious efforts gone astray.
>
> They're not bored off center. I can't recall ever finding
> ones that leaned counter-clockwise.  Oddly enough,
> the bass doesn't seem to exhibit this phenomenon.
>
> A newish M needs most of the top two treble sections reset.
> Yesterday I reset at least a dozen on an L which had new h/s/f
> three years ago.
>
> One could past it off as a poorly hung set
> but I know that was not the case.
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
>