Ralph, I believe these type of things happen to everyone more often than we like to admit. :-) Regards, Greg Torres Ralph Martin wrote: > Hi list > I hope you folks don't do the following as often as I: > I took an action out of an Emerson(?) grand to the shop. Hammers wouln't > even swing once, no after touch and hammer shanks resting on the rest felt. > > I freed all the hammer centers fairly easily and began working on regulation > on this action that had been "rebuilt" about 7 years previously. I drove > myself bonkers for about an hour tring to get sufficient hammer strike > distance with no success whatsoever. > > Finally I measured from hammer flange center to key bed, looked at the > string height...and it dawned on me! The wrong hammers had been installed. > The bass hammers were bored incorrectly. I should have seen this right > away...but I overlooked the obvious while "chasing a rainbow".I get very > aggrevated with myself when I overlook something like this after all these > years. > > maybe it's senile dementia ? > > Ralph Martin
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