Farrand Strike Line- Response to David Love and others

[Paul Chick (Earthlink)]

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  Subject: Farrand Strike Line- Response to David Love and others


  Hello David.

  These hammers have all been "filed" or "reshaped" which-ever term you
prefer.
  The other suggestions of things to look at and do, I'll do and work-on
this Sunday and
  respond on my findings.  But I would ask again, to be sure, would you
really want
  to file them some more?.
  Many thanks, and my regards, Gordon Holley


  Imadegawas are generally pretty hard already.  I wouldn't add lacquer.
  File them a bit and make sure that all strings are contacted.   Look
  carefully from the backside of the capo bar to make sure the hammers are
  not hitting too close to the bar.  If the action is pushed in all the way
  you can get the hammers to move in further by putting a large screwdriver
  under the front rail in front of where you are testing and prying upward,
  tilting the action inward.  See if that improves things.  If it does, you
  will have to rehang the hammers farther out on the shank.  I am assuming
  you are not catching the checks on the way up or blocking against the
  strings.  It sounds like it's probably a strike point issue.   One other
  thing to check is that on some pianos the edge oof the plate can get
  perilously close to the strike point and the inside edge of the hammer can
  be contacting the plate before the hammer hits the string string.  Look at
  the inside shoulder of the hammer and see if you have a plate mark from
  repeated impact.  If so, file the shoulder of the hammer until you have
  clearance, move the hammer line in slightly, or rake the hammers back
until
  you get the strike point that you want.

  David Love

  FWIW  I ran into a similar situation...can't remember the brand of  the
grand.  When a good strike point was found the hammers would hang up on the
belly rail. (The action was tilted as described by David Love, to get around
this.)  About 1/8" was trimmed from the rail to get clearance.  Orange
shellac was applied to the rail to seal the wood and match the color.  The
hammers were moved back on new shanks to the determined strike point.  No
regulation or touch problems were encountered.

  Paul C

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