oleg writes: <<Beside, the normal place for hammers of the Steinway is slightly to the left, allowing for a more quick left pedal (una corda) effect, while protecting the hammers to go to far on the left if the piano stay a long time on his side. >> I believe that this is the Hamburg style, but the New York Steinways are supposed to have the hammer meeting the string with more felt on the treble side. This allows the una corda to actually function as a ,umm, well, a duo corda.... I also don't understand why adding a strip of sandpaper, felt, or whatever to the rail, is supposed to move the hammers to the right. This would affect all sides of the flange equally, no? And it is far faster to use two pieces of brown paper tape to space a hammer sideways,(without changing its travel), than it would be to enlarge the hole and deal with the resultant changes in traveling. If you need to space 60 flanges, count on an hour's time. You will also need to reshape the hammers, so add that time,too. How centered are the drop screws hitting their leather pads? Ed Foote RPT
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