Victor, More than likely the repetition springs are too strong. -- Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net The difficult, I do right away. The impossible takes a little longer. > From: victor belanger <vbela@MIT.EDU> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:27:46 -0500 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Bouncing hammers. > > Hello all, > > May I indulge with y'alls expertise. > I have a Mason & Hamlin concert grand here that in the bass, the hammers > bounce quite a bit after the note is being struck and the hammer returns to > the rest rail. In fact it bounces so much that on a staccato blow sometimes > it can hit the string/s again. I have a pianist that pointed it out to me. > > I played around with the adjustable hammer rest rail. If the rail is close > to the hammers, it seems like it is worse. The only deduction I can come up > with is that the hammers are too heavy. But really they are not. > BTW. The pinning is fine. > > How can I avoid this problem? Why is it doing it only in the bass? > > Thanks. > > Regards. > > Victor >
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