[pianotech] First hammer job - considerations

[Barbara Richmond]

She wrote that her piano is a U3--which is a vertical. 

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Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:22:07 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
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Hi Julia 
 Ronsen can handle all the prep and pre-hanging. We carry Tokiwa shanks and flanges. 
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  Dale 


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From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> 
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Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 8:44 am 
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Hi Julia, 

Practicing on your personal piano is an excellent thought.  To save time and headaches, have your hammers pre-bored, tail shaped, etc. so you're ready to glue and go!  Are you going to replace the shanks and flanges, too? 

Paul 



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Greetings, 
  
        No pun intended but: It just "struck" me today that I never installed hammers for a paying customer. 
  
         I was called to evaluate the condition of a Steinway console, and told the perspective buyer it's going to need new hammers in the next couple years or so. ...The last time I installed hammers was 5 years ago in tuning/tech school. 
  
        I am thinking: wwwelllll....I have needled and needled my Yamaha U3 and I still remaining is this ear piercing underlying tone... SO... perhaps I should install my own set before I attempt for a paying customer. I am just looking down the road at this job inevitably dead ahead. 
  
         My post has a 2 fold purpose: 1. Sharing with new techs that this inevitably will happen to you and 2.  Asking for any thoughts of the experienced. 
  
Thank you 
Julia Gottshall 
Reading, PA   

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