Ivers& Pond

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Hi Mark -

I have not run into this before, and the treble location would seem to
indicate what you suspect.  The ONLY other thing I can think of would be
that the kerf would serve as a route for glue/air escapement when gluing
shanks to butts and heads, but why only in the treble, eh?  A one-time
experiment that didn't make it thru an entire piano?  

Nah.....

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:15:25 EST Ritchiepiano@AOL.COM writes:
> I have a 1899 Ivers& Pond upright. All the treble hammers shanks have 
> a kerf 
> cut through them in a plane parallel to the strings. Has anyone 
> encountered 
> this
> before. I assume it may have been done for weight or tonal 
> consideration. 
> Mark Ritchie RPT
> Columbus, OH