Strike Point

[Charles Ball]

At 01:42 PM 8/15/96 -0800, you wrote:
>List,
>	I will be restringing a piano soon.  Will the strike point change
>with the new strings?  I am still waiting for the strings to arrive.  Can
>I go ahead and  change the hammers now using the old ones as a reference
>or do I need to wait until after it has been restrung?
>
>Ron Shiflet, RPT
>Ron_and_Lorene@Juno.com


Dear Ron,

Unless you move the plate, the strike point should not change when you
restring.  Do take into consideration that the new hammers will probably
have a longer strike distance (from the middle of the shank to the tip of
the crown), since the old hammers are presumably worn down a bit.  Thus, if
the new hammers are glued up at the same point, and with the same angle, the
strike point will move back a bit from the capo.

Charles



Charles Ball
School of Music
University of Texas at Austin