[CAUT] Vertical hammer installation

[Dan Rembold]

Hi Alan,
I think you're right--the new boring is at the correct angle, but not quite as deep as the originals.  I'll look at the strike line and adjust hammer shank height accordingly.

Thanks,
Dan

--- On Thu, 7/16/09, Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu> wrote:

> From: Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
> To: "CAUTlist" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 4:34 PM
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> Re: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
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> Hi
> Dan,
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> The strike point on the string is really the important
> thing. If your hammer line results in hitting the string at
> the right place, that is what you want, right? So why is the
> strike line on the new set higher than the old set? Are the
> new hammers not bored as deeply as the old ones? 
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> BTW, the hammers on Steinway verticals are often not hung
> at 90 degrees to the shank (like maybe 87 degrees), and they
> are also often hung at the factory so that they overstrike.
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> Alan
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> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
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> Eastern Washington University
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> From: Dan
> Rembold <d_rembold at yahoo.com>
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> Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:38:07 -0700
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> To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
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> Subject: [CAUT] Vertical hammer installation
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> List,
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> I've got what may be an obvious question.  I'm
> preparing to install a set of Abel hammers on a Steinway
> vertical, and the center lines of the trials are about an
> eighth of an inch above the center line of the original
> neighbors.  Would I do well to shorten the shanks
> enough to line up properly, or is there something else
> I'm missing.
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> Has anyone else encountered this?  Any help would be
> appreciated.
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> Dan Rembold
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> Auburn University
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