On dinsdag, jun 10, 2003, at 19:25 Europe/Amsterdam, Richard Brekne wrote: > Yeah.. but... :) for the most part the rest of the piano has > reasonably > uniform shank lengths ... or what ? > > RicB Sure, as far as you and I know, 13,5 cm, but in the treble it may vary because of the shortcomings in the frame. I have seen them move the entire third hammer section inwards more than 6-7-even 8 cm! not to mention the last section. Antares, The Netherlands see my website at : www.concertpianoservice.nl > > antares@euronet.nl wrote: > >> According to me there are almost never definite shank lengths for >> Steinway grands despite the general prescribed measure of 13,5 cm from >> the center pin to the middle of the hammer mold/core. >> Especially in the third section (from the left) there are numerous >> possibilities and in the factory it is quite normal (!) to change the >> complete third section after second voicing. (yes we can do that >> because we earn enough money la di da) >> >> Antares, >> The Netherlands >> > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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