At 08:14 AM 1/12/01 -0500, you wrote: >>>>>>Hi Everyone, > >I just got an action that I've never seen before and I have a question about >it. Hopefully some one out there has run in to this. It's a 50 year old >chickering and the key sticks are not on one plane from front to back. It >dips down behind the balance rail pin so consequently there is no access to >the capstan. There is access from the rear of the action but still no room >to turn them as the back check wires are in the way. How in the world does >one adjust a hammer line with this sucker?>>>>>> > Hi Howard, I recall a similar instrument some time ago. On closer examination, the capstan had a square section that the traditional capstan holes were drilled through. I managed to fashion an off set wrench and adjust them by feel from the front. Time I was finished there was no skin left on my knuckles. Trust me, I never set my normal 4-5 hammer lines, through the regulation process. It may be worth a second look. Roger
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