HTML MessageSame thoughts here. While we are there, I heard that some (very respectable) technicians do put a little horizontal travel (to the left) on the few lower tenor hammers, on Steinway pianos. Is this common practice ? What is the reason therefor ? Stéphane Collin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Farrell To: Pianotech List Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:28 PM Subject: Re: hammer travel Maybe I'm missing something here - and maybe I'm just going to show off some of my ignorance - hanging hammers is not my expertise - but how will bending the shank affect hammer travel? Seems to me if a hammer travel has a horizontal component (you don't want any - all movement should be vertical) during its travel through its arc, the solution is to travel the hammer/shank/flange by inserting the appropriate thickness of traveling paper under the flange (in this case on the bass side of the flange screw). If you bend the shank, yes you can move the hammer over one way or another, but it will still have a horizontal travel component. Yes? Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060919/0ad38913/attachment-0001.html
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