new hammers to strings problem

[ed miller]

Hi,

I am hanging new hammers in an upright piano, on new shanks and new butts 
(brass rail).

I've noticed in my preparation that the new hammers/shank/butts are WAY off 
line with the bass strings. They seem to be fine in the tenor and treble 
sections.

The new hammers in the bass section hit their strings far right of center, 
nearly hitting the neighboring string. I did not travel the butts, because 
I've been told that there is no real way to travel brass rail flanges.

On a sample hammer, I sanded the bottom of the shank so I would have more 
wiggle room to align it to the string. But I have to take off a lot of wood, 
and the shank is at a noticably slanted angle from vertical in order to 
center it to its unison strings. To me it doesn't look acceptable.

Is this my only solution? What else can I do to line the hammers with the 
bass strings?

Thanks,Ed

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