At 10:59 AM 2/16/2007 -0500, you wrote: >I'm not talking about a hammer breaking off (when a grand action is >pulled out) because the hammer head is too high, thereby getting >broken off by the pin block. I always check for clearance, as we all >do, before pulling a grand action. I'm talking about the part of the >plate that runs perpendicular to the pin block, and too close for >comfort to the hammers at the treble break. The bottom of the plate >extends down, below string level. >Can you picture it now? > >Jesse Gitnik NYC >Since 1980 Yes, I think you're talking about the (according to Campbell&Mason) - horn, nose, wedge horn, fin, plate wing. The part of the plate which transmits part of the string tension to the back post structure. Ya just gotsta be careful, get the front of the keys parallel to the front of the piano and slowly slide it in. It might helpful to look through the action, at that break, to check your progress. Conrad Hoffsommer There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them. -Casey Stengel
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