This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks Michael, and you are right, mind yourself, I'm back. Pianos only = please. The pinning was a no brainer, it was all bad. I did it in three hours = last night. What is that black stuff? The pin isn't corroded.=20 I go with a four gram flange friction target. Is there any advantage to = having the friction of the flange change with the weight of the hammer? = Maybe in the bass it should be a little tighter, more stress. Keith Roberts ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Gamble=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:43 AM Subject: ***Re: Nine foot something - quickie hammer centre check Hello List and Keith R I must say here "Mind Your Back!" One way I use, where applicable, to = check whether the Hammer Flange Centres are stiff or not in a grand... = Pull the action out of the piano. Unscrew all the Hammer Rail retaining = screws (making sure you know which screws went into which hole :-) . = Pull up all the hammers until they stick upright - or past upright. = Remove the Hammer Rail with all hammers attached. Swing the hammers on = the Hammer Rail. You can either fix one end of the rail in a vise and do = the hammers individually or just hang onto the rail and watch the = hammers swing. Mark the slow ones - I use a mini square of masking tape = for this. The required amount of swing is 2 1/2 swings starting from a 3 = o'clock position. Regards from Sussex Michael G (UK)=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/39/9d/f8/bf/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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