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<DIV> 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. I have been tuning pianos for 3 years, and have only done one grand regulation in that time. (People just dont ask for it.) 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.</DIV>
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<DIV> 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. </DIV>
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<DIV> 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?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks </DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA </DIV></BODY></HTML>