Bouncing hammers.

[David Ilvedson]

Try repinning one flange to 4/5 swings and see if it helps.  Repetition
tension too strong?  Is the blow distance too narrow?  Rail felt is
hard...would be noisy though...

David I.

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On 10/30/01 at 11:27 AM victor belanger wrote:

>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