---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 11:27 AM 10/30/2001 -0500, you 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 Sluggish key return? Ease the bushings and balance rail hole. Excessive lead in the front? What's the Touchweight? Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/93/60/11/18/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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