correct hammer shaping

[Richard Moody]

It is called "hammer filing".    What did the person you studied under
call it?  ===ric

"Ignorance affirms or denies wholeheartedly. Science doubts."
     Voltaire -born François-Marie Arouet- (1694-1778); French writer.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianolover 88
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:04 PM
> To: PIANOTECH@ptg.org
> Subject: correct hammer shaping
> 
> 
> lately I've been averaging about 2 actions per week; most are 
> filing & 
> reshaping jobs. Most have hammers that are being filed for 
> the first time. 
> The last grand action I brought to my shop for this treatment 
> had hammers 
> that were previously filed (maybe 10 or more years ago) but 
> were reshaped 
> quite poorly, either as a result of haste, lack of skill or 
> both. Not only 
> was the felt TOTALLY asymetrical, but the strike points were 
> so off-angle 
> that only ONE, maybe two strings (of a three string unison) 
> were being 
> struck, even with a moderate blow! The angled hammers were 
> the worst because 
> whoever filed them last time seemed to be filing ALL the 
> hammers in the SAME 
> up & back direction as the keys, instead of in the natural direction 
> dictated by each individual hammer. I've seen this odd and 
> incorrect filing 
> method a couple of times before, and have wondered if the 
> same person was 
> responsible.
> 
> Terry Peterson
> 
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