The tool has strips of sandpaper glued to a curved surface in four combinations of width and position in order to file whatever part of the hammer is too high and causing the hammer to not mate perfectly with the strings. A very useful tool. David Love ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: September 28, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Re: Mvc-020s.jpg I may be stupid or just really tired but I don't get it. I need more info ... you've only tweaked my interest. Alan Barnard Suspenseful in Salem, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Mvc-020s.jpg > Hi Gordon, > This tool is used for final mating of string and hammer after the strings > have been leveled in a grand and the hammers reshaped.When doing work on an > upright I will try to mate the hammer to the string first by seating the > string with my brass seating rod and if that does not work I will use the > fitting block. Between the two one can eliminate a lot of wierd noise in the > low tenor notes of an upright. > Joe Goss > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: Mvc-020s.jpg > > > > What is this? Looks very elegant. > > Gordon Stelter > > > > --- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Only open if you want to see the new design of the > > > fitting block. The new design is now on my web site > > > but is available in quanities now. > > > > > > Mvc-020s.jpg > > > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=MVC-020S.JPG > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: > > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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