This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erwinpiano=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: June 29, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: Fw: Fw: hammer replacement Also for example with Stwys and others but Stwys are what I check = most often the string heights can vary by 2 or three m.m in the tenor = treble yet Steinway and others will send you a standard bore hammer of 2 = 1/8"bass bore and 113/ 16". However the tenor sections can be 2 to 3 mm = higher in the mid tenor than in the treble and can also be sloped one = way or another. The bass as well can have similar problems. Some older = Stwy B's and D's had bore lengths of 2&3/8" bass and close to 2 " tenor = treble so if standard bore hammeres were used in this application = regulation,geometry and touchweight problems would be a big deal to your = client and your reputation.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- I agree. During the 70s we received a set of hammers from Steinway for a new B = that needed new hammers. The bore was so far off they wouldn't possibly = fit the action. On calling the factory I was told to plug them and = redrill. Sounded a bit odd, but I was assured that is what they would do = so I tried it and it did work out quite well. I have now done this on = several other occasions over the years with hammers, both from Steinway = and from others, sent pre-bored but not appropriate to the piano at hand = with good results.=20 But, why bother? You're best off drilling them yourself to measurements = you take yourself from the piano in your own shop. In the long run = you'll have fewer problems. It's a relatively easy process and it really = doesn't take that long. Either to learn how or to do the job.=20 -- ddf ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4a/7a/73/16/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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