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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Barbara,,,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's one way of doing it. The way =
that I was
referring to would be to find the strings which are meeting the hammer =
first and
tap them down with an upright hammer shank or a brass tool so that =
they're level
with the other strings. Sometimes you can actually feel the unlevelness =
of the
strings just by running your finger over them. I also have a tool that I =
made
out of 1/8" inch brass stock which will only contact one string. =
On
Baldwins sometimes the string leveling is so bad that I do it with a =
piece of
pinblock that only 1/4" wide, tapered down to 1/8" and filed flat on the =
end.
I'll tap whole sections down with that. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When we level strings on a grand, we =
lift them.
When we do it on an upright, we do it in the same dirrection, towards =
the
v-bar...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=piano57@flash.net href="mailto:piano57@flash.net">Barbara =
Richmond</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 08, 2003 =
1:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re: eee-ahhh</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Joey,<BR><BR>Another way to look at it would be to make =
sure
the hammer is making a<BR>square strike on the strings (mating the =
hammer to
the strings) Here's how<BR>to do it, if you don't know
how:<BR><BR>Engage the damper pedal, hold the hammer lightly against =
the
strings, pluck<BR>each string to hear if any are ringing. If so, =
lightly
shape, sanding at<BR>the strike point where the string *doesn't* ring =
(or
strings). It's easy<BR>to see where to sand, just look at =
the
string cuts--often it's obvious how<BR>the hammer is striking. =
Do a
little bit at a time and check your progress.<BR>I have a really fine =
tool for
this: a Popsicle stick with a narrow strip of<BR>sand paper =
glued to
it. The sandpaper is narrower than the stick making it<BR>easy =
to sand
small spaces.<BR><BR>You didn't say if this was a grand or =
upright. I
have a homemade hook to<BR>pull the hammer up to the strings when =
doing this
on a grand.<BR><BR>Now that you can hear this, pretty soon you'll =
learn that a
lot of those<BR>false beats (or what you think are false beats when =
you're
trying to get<BR>those unisons nice and smooth) are actually just =
cases of the
hammers not<BR>being mated correctly to the strings. Good
luck!<BR><BR><BR>Barbara Richmond, RPT<BR>hoping my marriage will =
survive
another year of putting the Christmas tree<BR>in the stand
:-)<BR>somewhere near Peoria, IL<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>