traveling

[Richard Brekne]

David Ilvedson wrote:

> She was deonstrating factory hammer hanging.  Apparently shanks are not traveled before hanging and not traveled afterwards except by burning in...it does not compute for me either........
>
> David I

Which factory I wonder..... traveling shanks... at least roughed in... is too my knowledge pretty common practice at european manufacturers... I do this every time and find it no problem to do
a quick and decent travel without hammers on.

I wonder if we are mixing up traveling problems due to the position of the flange center and those due to hammers not being vertical on the shank.

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> On 2/22/01 at 5:24 AM David Love wrote:
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> >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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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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