Steinway hammer alignment

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

Thanks for this nice tip's), will surely help.

I can't wait, going to try that immediately ;>)

>
>    I set my shanks up without hammers.

You mean without whippen too (eventually)?

I have them traveling perpendicular  to the whippen rail, and I space them
so they are directly over the whippen
> holes.  From this point, I can make an informed decision on
> action placement
> that causes the least deviation among all 88 shanks.


Did you have success moving one rail only sometime (without bending the
whole frame) ?

I tried once , but was unable to move more than a very little.
Beside, the action frame feet are easy to bend any direction.

I often have to weld a new rail on some old 60' S&S. The good check to see
if a rail is opened (without a torch) is to have a corner of the keyboard
pushed up, and look at the action deformation. A correct frame may be more
rigid than an opened one.
Another one is to look at the height of the drop screws, if they make waves
...

Is it something you see on US S&S sometime ?


Regards.

Isaac OLEG