At 12:40 PM 02/02/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Avery Todd wrote: > > > > List, > > > > Anyone ever break off a hammer while sliding the action in and out? ----- > > The unusual aspect is that it isn't # 1 or #88 > > as usual, but E2. Right at the tenor break, bass side! How in the > > #$%^&&** did I manage to break off "that" hammer? :-( > > >Avery, > I'd guess it hit the plate horn, that the keyboard was not quite >aligned while being slid in. I did that once, myself, a few years back. >There are a few pianos that are really sticklers about needing the >keyboard/action to be pushed in perfectly straight - while the return >spring does its damnedest to make sure it isn't. > Condolences. >Fred Place a strip of a brightly colored sticker on the front of the bracket as a reminder to exercise caution. I had one grand with two horns, tenor and first treble breaks, try breaking two shanks at once :{ Once the flags were installed, the shanks were spared. I should have weakened the return spring as well. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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