Lance, It is possible to line the hammers up exactly where they were. Also, the grooves on these hammers were very slight, the tone was even and nice and so there was no need to file. Once again, this job was for a dealer who just wanted it fixed as the piano was already sold. Certainly would have replaced parts and filed and charged accordingly had it been a different situation. Sincerely, Greg Torres Lance Lafargue wrote: > List, > > I usually replace parts on this job. I find that no matter what you do, > you can never get ALL of the hammers lined up EXACTLY where they were, so > some of the hammer string cuts (no matter how slight) do not match with the > strings. It doesn't take much to effect tone. So, I always file (often > times shoeshine) the hammers and voice them while I'm at it. I charge > accordingly which brings up the cost of just replacing the flanges. Am I > missing something, or do you all file as well?? > Lance Lafargue, RPT > New Orleans Chapter > Covington, LA. > lafargue@iamerica.net
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