Ileen, Very good question! Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (Level strings to match hammers or file hammers to match strings?) Joe Goss sells a brass string level which takes the guesswork out of this procedure. With this tool, which has a built in levelling vial, you are 'really' levelling the strings. THEN, you file hammers to match. Contact Joe (Mother Goose Tools) at: imatunr@primenet.com. Regards, Stan Kroeker Registered Piano Technician ILEENKM@AOL.COM wrote: > > Hello: I have a question that is right along these lines. this week I > tuned a newly rebuilt (not by me)Knabe grand with Abel (Sp?) hammers- the > piano is in a church- the pianist thinks it is too bright- it IS bright- > however, when I tested the hammer muting of all three strings on some of > the zingiest notes, it was note correct- my question is- how can you > precisely determine if it is the strings which are not aligned or if it is > the hammer which is not square to the strings- Ileen Kaplan RPT Southern > Tier Chapter
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