Hi Mark, Thanks for the email. I don't happen to have the jig from Spurlock however I might just by one. Those abel hammers can be a little wide and maybe that would help. Those shanks are so thick and heavy you know. I don't know why they make them so big, the old Steinways were light and round. . Don -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mark Cramer Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:34 PM To: 'College and University Technicians' Subject: [CAUT] Tapering Ronsens (was Abel select, etc.) Along with that Don, you may actually want to run all your Ronsens through Bill's jig before boring, *parallel* to the blade, to make them a uniform width. This will make it easier to bore relative to the hammer centre, and is a great place to begin controlling hammer-weight. If yours are already bored, this still might be a good idea, though a little trickier. In any case, you'll know what I mean the moment you go to taper the second side. ;>) Best regards, Mark Cramer, Brandon University -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: April 24, 2008 11:44 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Abel select Vs. Rosner-Wurzen That's relatively ineffective at taking any significant amount of weight off. You can only remove about .3 grams that way. Better is a full taper of the hammer on a table saw using the spurlock jig www.spurlockspecialtytools.com designed for that purpose. With a full taper you can easily remove 1 gram or more in the middle of the set. Somewhat more in the bass, somewhat less in the treble. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Wigent, Donald E, Jr Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:11 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Abel select Vs. Rosner-Wurzen Hi all again, Don wigent hear. I have forgot to mention in my last mail that I have ben grinding out wood from the in side of the tales of the hammers in order to liten them. -----Original Message-----Don Wigent From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
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