Ed - Thanks a million for this little dissertation on "how to use the tubular rail creatively". I never would've thought of that approach, and it just may solve my problem with the least amount of hassle. Your input is much appreciated. Mark Potter bases-loaded@uno.com On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:04:19 EDT A440A@AOL.COM writes: > Mark writes: > <<where would the two pieces of brown paper be placed to move the > hammers to the right without incurring travelling? I'm having a > hard > time picturing that for some reason. >> > > Looking down on the flange from above, place a short piece of > shimming paper > under the right side of the flange. It will go from the front(near) > edge to > the middle, ( I call this "papering the corners"), place another > piece under > the left side, it will extend from the middle to the back. These > two > together will "twist" the flange sideways without changing the > traveling. > What you are doing is changing the axis of the flange as it relates > to the > rail. Steinway is the only brand that allows this, since their > flanges are > fitting on two dimensions with their scalloped shapes. Papering the > corners > is the only permanent way I have found to space them. > If you only paper the front right corner, the shank will move > to the > right, but begin traveling to the left, so papering diagonal corners > makes > the spacing change but leaves the traveling alone. > YOu can also get creative. If the hammer is traveling to the > left, but > still hitting the string correctly, you can paper the front side of > the > flange on the left and the shank will space over to the left, but > travel to > the right. > If the hammer is traveling to the left, and is hitting to the left > of the > strings, just paper the entire lenght of the left side of the flange > and the > hammer will travel to the right,even though the spacing, at rest, is > left > alone. > Hope this helps, > Ed Foote > >
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