Bouncing hammers.

[Ray T. Bentley]

Victor,

More than likely the repetition springs are too strong.


-- 
Ray T. Bentley, RPT
Alton, IL
ray@bentley.net
www.ray.bentley.net

The difficult, I do right away.  The impossible takes a little longer.
> From: victor belanger <vbela@MIT.EDU>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:27:46 -0500
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Bouncing hammers.
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> May I indulge with y'alls expertise.
> I have a Mason & Hamlin concert grand here that in the bass, the hammers
> bounce quite a bit after the note is being struck and the hammer returns to
> the rest rail. In fact it bounces so much that on a staccato blow sometimes
> it can hit the string/s again. I have a pianist that pointed it out to me.
> 
> I played around with the adjustable hammer rest rail. If the rail is close
> to the hammers, it seems like it is worse. The only deduction I can come up
> with is that the hammers are too heavy. But really they are not.
> BTW. The pinning is fine.
> 
> How can I avoid this problem? Why is it doing it only in the bass?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Victor
>