How many times have you seen this?

[Marcel Carey]

Try this one out. At a seminar while the instructor is taking out the
action, break a hammer shank with your hands and see his reaction. I did
this and had a good laugh at someone else expense.
 
Marcel Carey

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Well yes I've seen that, but only in my first year or so of servicing
pianos.
 
It seems to me that it is a rite of passage for any piano technician to
break several high treble hammers while removing actions from grands
during their first year or so. After that, presumably one would check
closely for hammer/block clearance before removing an action. I mean it
either clears or it doesn't - and if it doesn't, then the capstans need
to be let down so that hammers do clear.
 
Then of course, assess why the heck that piano is so screwed up that
hammers at rest are up above the bottom of the pinblock......
 
Terry Farrell

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There are some grands out there where you have to be very careful while
pulling out the key frame from the piano. The plate/action combination
is designed in such a way that the hammers near the treble break are
very close to the lower part of the plate, and if the keyboard is not
pulled out or pushed back in straight, a hammer adjacent to the plate
could break off. Is this a poor design, or what?!
 
Jesse Gitnik
Since 1980

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