C88 Hammer Position

[Paul]

Bill Spurlock recommended adding 1/8" to each shank length for about 6
hammers above the break. I did this on a botched up Steinway to fit longer
dampers with great success.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: C88 Hammer Position


> >This original hammer line
> >was straight, but I plan on raising the last few tenor hammer to
accommodate
> >longer dampers. Do you know of any trouble with this design? Thanks
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Raise them how much? The strike point change probably won't make a whole
> lot of difference that low in the scale, but it wouldn't hurt to dry fit
> test it first and determine that before it's glued in.
>
> Ron N
>