Diane, I wouldn't worry too much about the difference in hammer tail length. They may have been too long in the beginning. More important is their function. Things to look for are: Height of tail above backcheck with the hammer held in the 'drop' position, ideally it should be 2mm higher than the b/c. Make sure the b/c is not too high and hits the hammer shoulder on rebound. Regards, Jon Page At 11:31 PM 06/06/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Jim, > >Thanks for your post, you said; > > > Well just make sure that the "heavy" the customer complained about is the >"heavy" you are trying to solve. :-) > >So true! I've run into that before. However, this customer played until >she was a teenager and had entered numerous competitions. She had always >hated the action and now she wants her 7 year old daughter to start >lessons. It seems that if we make it more like a standard action that her >daughter might encounter again (ie., when she lives with her father during >the school year), and make it a lighter action, the little girl might have >it somewhat easier. > ><<" Another issue is that the new >hammertails are 3/16" shorter than the originals.">> > Why? > >Because the originals are not available sizes and Wally said he thought I >might be able to make them work by installing new backchecks with longer wires. > >We're not sure what the best choices for touch weight, weight resistance >and friction resistance are? > >Funny thing happened in the middle of hours of weighing off the action, >the phone rang and the prospective customer asked "Do you tune pianos, and >what is the wait?" >How to answer him? We had been trying to determine the weight all day! > >Diane > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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