>Doug Hershberger, RPT posted: >...It is my understanding that Steinway would advocate spacing the hammers >so they >look even and then de-travel them so they hit the string correctly. I believe >it is minor and mostly limited to the tenor section. BTW, this technique is >not published in their manual... Doug, there are statements in the Steinway & Sons Technical Reference Guide concerning what the company advocates: "All hammers should travel in a straight and vertical path." page 28 "--It is acceptable to space the trichord strings in the v-bar section to the hammers. This can be achieved only if the hammers are evenly spaced, correctly traveled and properly spaced within the scale. Take caution not to move the strings too close to the dampr wire which will cause buzzes." page 32 Now an individual technician or representative might recommend or do something other than the above, but Steinway & Sons has clearly gone on record as to what is correct. Keith A. McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Chapter 731 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma
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