Puzzler: A new one on me !

[alan and carolyn barnard]

Hammer had shifted on the shank and was hitting the capo? I only thought of
this because I once replaced hammers on a grand and .... this is
embarrassing ... after dry-fitting one of the hammers kind of snugly, I
forgot to take it off and glue it! It worked just fine for a while but the
owner finally noticed it--when it fell off the stick!

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: antares <antares@euronet.nl>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 05/15/2005 8:55:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Puzzler: A new one on me !
>
>
> On 15-mei-05, at 23:45, Ric Brekne wrote:
>
> > Ok folks.
> >
> > Subject was a 1985 Steinway C in very fine condition. New hammers and 
> > shanks a couple years back, with a full Stanwood balancing job done 
> > whilst David was here for the Bergen Convention. Just newly voiced and 
> > regulated. Hammers recieved their  first real re-shapping since the 
> > initial install.  During the last stages of the voicing I notice  the 
> > first note in the highest section making a noise that was unmistakably 
> > a hammer come loose from its shank. No mistaking that sound at all.... 
> > except I was wrong.
> >
> > The only clue I will give you is that I changed hammer and shank with 
> > the neighbor and the noise dissapeared, which led me to the solution.
> >
> > I'll be interested to see if anyone nails this one right off. Wouldnt 
> > suprise me either way tho.
> >
> > Cheers
> > RicB
>
> You sniffed hammer dope and the world turned pinky..yes?
>
> (;
>
> friendly greetings
> from
> André Oorebeek
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