[CAUT] Vertical hammer installation

[John Ross]

Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installationFor glue relief, I always 'score' the side of the shank.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mccoy, Alan 
  To: CAUTlist 
  Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation


  Hi Dan,

  If it were me, I'd bore them deeper for alignment as well as glue relief.

  Alan



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  From: Dan Rembold <d_rembold at yahoo.com>
  Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
  Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:23 -0700
  To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation



  Hi Alan,
  I think you're right--the new boring is at the correct angle, but not quite as deep as the originals.  I'll look at the strike line and adjust hammer shank height accordingly.

  Thanks,
  Dan

  --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu> wrote:

  > From: Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu>
  > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
  > To: "CAUTlist" <caut at ptg.org>
  > Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 4:34 PM
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  > Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
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  > Hi
  > Dan,
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  > The strike point on the string is really the important
  > thing. If your hammer line results in hitting the string at
  > the right place, that is what you want, right? So why is the
  > strike line on the new set higher than the old set? Are the
  > new hammers not bored as deeply as the old ones?
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  > BTW, the hammers on Steinway verticals are often not hung
  > at 90 degrees to the shank (like maybe 87 degrees), and they
  > are also often hung at the factory so that they overstrike.
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  >
  > Alan
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  > -- Alan McCoy, RPT
  >
  > Eastern Washington University
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  > amccoy at ewu.edu
  >
  > 509-359-4627 (message Pacific time)
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  > 509-999-9512 (cell Pacific time)
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  > From: Dan
  > Rembold <d_rembold at yahoo.com>
  >
  > Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
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  > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:38:07 -0700
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  > To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
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  > Subject: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
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  > List,
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  > I've got what may be an obvious question.  I'm
  > preparing to install a set of Abel hammers on a Steinway
  > vertical, and the center lines of the trials are about an
  > eighth of an inch above the center line of the original
  > neighbors.  Would I do well to shorten the shanks
  > enough to line up properly, or is there something else
  > I'm missing.
  >
  >
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  > Has anyone else encountered this?  Any help would be
  > appreciated.
  >
  >
  >
  > Dan Rembold
  >
  > Auburn University
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