vertical hammer hanging -Reply

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:32:59 -0500
> From:          dempsey@ramlink.net (Paul E. Dempsey)
> Subject:       Re: vertical hammer hanging -Reply
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

Of course you can see the hammer much better on the upright.
I'm sure cosmetics is one reason.  When we trim and disksand grand
hammers we get a straight line from #1 to #88 and the backchecks
end up lined up nicely.  The hammers of the upright would end up
with that same straight line from #1 to #88 after trimming and
disksanding.  Would the bass hammers look strange?

ilvey, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> >       Anything which can cut down the hours would
> >benefit us all, so  you
> >seasoned vets out there might want to sew on this
> >thread for awhile.
> >
> >        Thanks,  Eliot Lee
> >
> >
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> Does anyone out there know of any reason ( other than cosmetic) why upright
> hammers are not bored all the way thru.
> I can remember seeing a few vintage uprights with the hammers bored all the
> way through the molding. And, I have seen grand hammers that were mounted
> like most upright hammers, e.i. holes bored into but not thru....
>
> Now, considering all the rules for proper hammer hanging in EITHER grand or
> vertical installations.... the only difference I see is one of the
> appearance of the final product. SOOooo. ..
> Why is it O.K for the end of the shanks to show in a grand, but not in the
> upright.
>
> Boring a through hole in the upright hammer head would make the hanging
> ever so much easier and faster. Of course, you would only do this when you
> were also installing new shanks, but as long as the excess shank was neatly
> trimed,etc. .
>
> I've never actually done it this way and can't say that ever will, but I'm
> just wondering  why we hang upright hammers the way we do. Is there a
> reason?
>
> Paul E. Dempsey
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> Marshall University
> Huntington, WV
> dempsey@ramlink.net
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