Jeff, No reason at all...I've used it that way, in fact. Two reasons for shanks on hard surface: 1). consistency 2). you can use the sound of the shank falling back to gauge accuracy. Dave Stahl -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Deutschle <oaronshoulder at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 6:29 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] let off gauge Is there any reason that Spurlock's tool for doing grands wouldn't also work on uprights? On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote: What works well for adjusting let off on a vertical is a slat of wood wedged between the rail and the hammers, supporting them at let off or just a little bit away. Then you adjust the button to have the shank 'just' rise off the support. I have various thicknesses of wood for this and have been pondering an adjustable supporting jig. -- Regards, Jon Page -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091213/eb84d675/attachment.htm>
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