I've been boring my own hammers for quite a while; now they know all the jokes and won't laugh at them anymore. P -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 5:20 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bore angle I do this too, Paul. The smoother transitions also look a bit sharper. Wally Brooks, who I have bore the Abel Naturals I get from him are very nice..He may have a good guideline for you all to follow if you want to do your own. I find the price I pay for having him do it saves me money, and mostly time (but...time is money) in the long run. There's just too many pianos to care for here at UNL (I'm by myself with 106! I know...waaaa!) to take several hours to measure and bore my own. He does a great job. I have at least one set of blank Abels here in the shop that I'm not sure I will ever use (in case anybody's interested in purchasing....contact me off line if you want) I'm pretty good at boring, but just don't have time to do it...I won't bore you with any more details! ;>) Paul paulrevenkojones at aol.com Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 11/20/2008 03:02 PM Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To pianotech at ptg.org cc Subject Re: [pianotech] Bore angle 1-26: 5 1/2 degrees right 27-33: 9 1/2 left 34-39: 7 40-46: 4 1/2 47-53: 2 54-88: 0 These are factory specs. Adjust accordingly. I always add more angle breaks, about every 3 hammers. Makes smoother transitions. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com> To: Pianotech at Ptg.Org <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:57 pm Subject: [pianotech] Bore angle List members: A 1942 Steinway “ L” action is in the shop for repairs. It does not have any hammers. The short explanation is that it was under water in a flood about 22 years ago. The instrument is just about finished. So far, I’ve been able to find the answers I need in my records. I see know that I need to record the bore angles I’ve used. To be clear, I’m referring to the angle of the hole that aligns the hammer (somewhat) to the angle of the strings. This piano has the accelerated action; 26 note bass; 28 notes on the treble bridge through agraffs; the rest under the capo bar. I vaguely remember all the bass notes at one angle, and the first note on the treble bridge is the beginning of a decreasing angle through the middle (agraff) section that comes to no angle for notes in the capo sections. Thanks to all that reply. Paul C Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081120/1fef70b3/attachment.html>
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