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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Richard Brekne" &lt;<A
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</=
A>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>To: "Pianotech" &lt;<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:40 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Hammer Ratio</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>&gt; Hammer ratio.... Hammer shank ratio....<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; What =
range of
things could I possibly be talking about here eh ???</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>That was the =
question.</FONT><BR>&nbsp;<BR>&gt; The
hammer / shank / hammershankassembly.... it constitutes a lever and =
a<BR>&gt;
load... or just a lever depending on your point of view... ( I take =
the<BR>&gt;
former and not the latter).&nbsp; One with two ends and a fulcrum... =
class
three<BR>&gt; lever .... force applied between the load and =
fulcrum.....</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I believe David and others are asking (as am =
I) exactly
a ratio of what measurement to what measurement. Hammer weight =
to&nbsp;shank
weight? Hammer length to shank length? Are you speaking of the standard =
Center
Pin to Knuckle Core and Center&nbsp;Pin to Hammer Center? If so, =
are&nbsp;both
these measurements taken along the same&nbsp;line? Or are you measuring =
from
Center Pin to Knuckle contact point&nbsp;and Center Pin to Hammer tip or =

somesuch. Maybe this is a Stanwood-type weight =
thing?</FONT><BR>&nbsp;<BR>&gt;
Hammer shank ratio.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Last chance. What is =
it?</FONT><BR>&nbsp;<BR>&gt;
RicB<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; David Love wrote:<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; &gt; I'm still =
not sure
what you mean.&nbsp; Do you mean the weight of the hammer<BR>&gt; &gt; =
versus
the weight of the shank?<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; David Love<BR>&gt;
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; ----- Original Message -----<BR>&gt; &gt; From: =
"Richard
Brekne" &lt;<A
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</=
A>&gt;<BR>&gt;
&gt; To: "Pianotech" &lt;<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =
Sent:
January 12, 2003 2:25 PM<BR>&gt; &gt; Subject: Re: Hammer Ratio<BR>&gt;
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; David Love wrote:<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; What =
do you
mean by the "hammer ratio"?<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt; David
Love<BR>&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; The ratio of the hammer =
and
hammer shank assembly. Shank with hammer<BR>&gt; &gt; installed. Sorry, =
thinking
a bit in Norwegian and writing in english I<BR>&gt; &gt; guess.<BR>&gt;
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; --<BR>&gt; &gt; Richard Brekne<BR>&gt; &gt; RPT,
N.P.T.F.<BR>&gt; &gt; UiB, Bergen, Norway<BR>&gt; &gt; <A
href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A><BR>&=
gt; &gt;
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park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A><BR>&gt;
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Bergen,
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