List, Why is it that most of us, especially me, seem to have to learn our lessons the hard way? At least when you do, you rarely forget it. I just learned another lesson! Tip, primarily for those who don't do much rebuilding: when installing new hammer shanks on a grand, be sure the width of the new shank at the wide part is VERY close to the width of the old shank!!!! This would probably apply more to the older, off-brand type of piano than to the newer ones. If the shanks are too wide for the screw hole spacing, you'll have to sand them down to make clearance room for the adjacent shanks and knuckles. This is especially true if you're reusing the old flanges. Check it "before" you install the shanks on the rail. My new shanks were a full 1/16" wider than the old ones. I have this habit of just putting them all on the rail loosely, with my fingers turning the screw and "then" tightening them all down. Guess what I have to do now? Aaaaarrrggg! Ask me how I know all this. Go ahead, I dare you!!! <G> _______________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _______________
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