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<DIV><EM>On a Samick 6' grand when the stack is pulled out and all the hammers
are lifted forward, (as when examining the jack windows) I noticed that the
hammer line is "all over the place"(!) I don't believe I have ever seen
this unevenness! It is really un-nerving! I mean some
hammers stop way forward and others are 1" to 2" back further. I mean; its
not even a smooth "wave" it looks, well... radical and...wrong. </EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>This is normal. It has nothing to do with regulation, but
rather how the flange was machined. But this "line" isn't the hammer line - the
hammer line is with the hammers at their rest position. The "line" the hammers
make when lifted all the way up is meaningless.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>I have been tuning pianos for 3 years, and have only done one grand
regulation in that time. (People just dont ask for it.) </EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Correct. That is why YOU need to educate your
clients!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Piano tech school was 4 years ago for me, so I cant remember
what forward hammer-line should look like and I dont own a grand piano
(yet) to check it out.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>
The piano is about 15 years old and also the drop screws
are screwed in all unevenly (all different depths drastically unveven from
adjacent neighbors). I would think that being a relatively young piano, and
played maybe 2 hours a day average, that the regulation would look more even
than this. The lady told me that when the piano was new she had it
regulated and paid $400 to have it done. So this "regulation" isnt factory. THe
only thing that looks any decent is the key leveling and the back checking.
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Shouldnt the regulation look more even on a newer piano ie: the capstans all
nearly the same height and letoff buttons and drop screws almost the same
to their neighbors?</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Yes, uneven drop screws and let-off dowels suggest an uneven
regulation. But what you need to do is simply evaluate the regulation itself.
Where is let-off set? What is drop? Blow? Aftertouch? Because of the suspected
uneven regulation, check regulation criteria on many notes (especially ones with
divergent drop screw and let-off dowel heights).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Thanks </EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Julia Gottshall</EM></DIV></BODY></HTML>