traveling

[larudee@pacbell.net]

David & David,

I took her class at Providence, and the way she does it the hammers are not
necessarily vertical when first hung.  Rather, they are hung in such a way that
they become vertical after being traveled, which is the next step.  The idea is
that it is easier to travel the shanks after the hammers are on them, and
burning/squaring is minimal.

Paul S. Larudee

David Love wrote:

> David:
>
> I think she means that after you travel the shanks with the hammers already
> hung, you will have to burn the shanks in order to reorient the hammers to
> vertical.
>
> David Love
>
> >From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: traveling
> >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:17:15 -0800
> >
> >List,
> >
> >I remember a class I (partially) took from Pris Rappaport some years ago on
> >hammer hanging.  She wanted to make a point about not needing to travel the
> >shanks before hanging the hammers.  She purposely shimmed a flange on each
> >student's jig with traveling paper before the class hung their hammers.
> >Apparently burning in the shanks would do the trick...I still can't figure
> >this out...I can understand burning in the shanks to align the hammers but
> >how does this travel hammers?
> >
> >David I.
> >
>
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