<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Hi Bob</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> Unless you are planning on moving the action stack for a really good reason or changing the standard placement of the hammer at 5 1/8th inch from the hammer flange center pin,you will have whatever strike point was given you. In one sense, and practically speaking,the " number" is irrelevant.  Know what I mean?</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">  The no. 1 bass  string is long enough that the strike point could fall anywhere </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">between</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> a 1/2 inch tolerance with out any change in the tone.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Dale</font></div> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Bob Hull <hullfam5@yahoo.com><br> To: caut <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sun, Dec 23, 2012 6:54 pm<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: S&S M Strike point<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_6fdd564c-6ce7-4127-8192-5c046de9e399"> <div>That would be fine.  I already know about shank length, bore distance, the line from 72 to 88 etc.... I just want to know what the spec is on intended strike point on string #1.   <br> <br> Sent from my iPhone</div> <div><br> On Dec 23, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Zeno Wood <<a href="mailto:zeno.wood@gmail.com">zeno.wood@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div>I have an old document from Steinway with that strike point info, but I won't be near that piece of paper until early January, if you can wait...</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Regards,</div> <div> Zeno Wood</div> <div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica"> <div><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica"> <div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif;margin:0px"> <pre style="font-size:9pt"><tt> On 22/12/2012 17:20, Bob Hull wrote: > Does someone know the strike point on string #1 for a Steinway M? > Also, if it has varied over the years, this is for a 1923 model M. > > I am building a complete new top action and want to compare that > measurement against the current strike line because this piano has had > at least one action rebuild in its history. </tt></pre> </div> </div> </font> </div> </div> </font> </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div>  </div> </div> </font>