[CAUT] Hammer Alignment

[Jon Page]

>Do they always end up twisting in the same direction?
yes

>One thought is that if you burn the shanks for straightening at the 
>initial installation and >you hold the heat gun, say, in your right 
>hand, you might be heating one side of
>the shank more than the other which might create some unequal tension in the
>shank that might play out over the period of a few weeks or months.

Burning-in is done with an alcohol flame from underneath the shank. There are
never many needing this at installation.  And why doesn't the bass twist???
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Regards,

Jon Page
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