new hammers to strings problem

[ed miller]

I solved my own problem.

I overlooked the obvious. The sample hammers I was dry fitting to check for 
alignment with the strings were not chopped down to the height of the old 
hammers. That was effecting what I was seeing.

Ed

>From: "ed miller" <edmiller3 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: new hammers to strings problem
>Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:47:58 -0500
>
>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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