Regulating Woes

[Newton Hunt]

Hi Joe,

Yes, they should be just at or ever so slightlyt below level.  Same
reason, if they go past level then gravity takes a little longer to
bring the shank back down.  Also the shank will be under striking.

		Newton

Joe & Penny Goss wrote:
> 
> Newton,
> Humm interesting, makes me see another use for my string level.
> As a rule are the shanks of a grand nearly level at the moment of impact
> with the strings?
> Joe Goss
> ----------
> > From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: Regulating Woes
> > Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 2:53 PM
> >
> > > It is difficult to tell if the hammers are bored exactly the same. The
> old
> > > hammers were shot and had been heavily filed, so I can only estimate
> the
> > > distance from the strike point to the hole. The distance from the hole
> to
> > > the back of the molding is the same.
> >
> > The shank should be just short of parallel to the strings when the
> > hammer is against same.  If the hammers are so short that the shank is
> > vertical or past then you have a performance problem as well as a
> > regulation problem.
> >
> > You can put a small bubble level on a square block os wood, check the
> > strings with the bubble then check the hammer shank.  Simple but
> > necessary.
> >
> > If the hammer bore is longer then you will have less after touch then
> > you would like.
> >
> > You can tell nothing about the length of the tail on an upright.
> >
> >               Newton