Try repinning one flange to 4/5 swings and see if it helps. Repetition tension too strong? Is the blow distance too narrow? Rail felt is hard...would be noisy though... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/30/01 at 11:27 AM victor belanger wrote: >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
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC